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Cover -- Participatory Budgeting In Global Perspective -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List Of Tables And Figure -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Democracy In The Twenty-first Century -- What Is Participatory Budgeting? -- The Original Pb: The Porto Alegre Model -- Pb: Transformations And Impact -- Central Contributions -- Pb's Core Principles -- Voice -- Vote -- Social Justice -- Social Inclusion -- Oversight -- Why Is Pb Spreading So Rapidly? To What Effect? -- Advancing The Debate -- Conclusion -- 1: The Global Adoption Of Pb Four Mechanisms Driving Policy Innovation -- Creation -- Diffusion -- Adaptation -- Parallel Development Of Similar Programs -- Tracing The Spread Of Pb -- Creation -- Diffusion: Isomorphic Adoption And Adaptation -- Parallel Developments Of Similar Institutions -- Typology Of Pb Programs -- Empowered Democracy And Redistribution -- Deepening Democracy Through Community Mobilization -- Mandated By National Government -- Digital Pb -- Social Development And Accountability -- Efficient Governance -- Conclusion -- 2: Theorizing Pb's Effects On Individuals And Communities -- Theory Of Change Individual-level Outcomes -- Citizens: Engaging, Deliberating, And Empowering -- Elected Officials: Opening Access And Gathering Information -- Civil Servants: Gathering Information And Realigning Administrative Processes -- From The Individual To The Community -- Civil Society -- Accountability -- Well-being -- Conditioning Factors -- Macro-level -- Meso-level -- Variation In Program Design -- Scale -- Social Justice Requirement -- Social Inclusion -- Voting Rules -- Oversight -- Hypothesizing Breadth Of Political And Social Change By Pb Type -- Empowered Democracy And Redistribution Deepening Democracy Through Community Mobilization -- Mandated By National Government -- Digital Pb -- Social Development And Accountability -- Efficient Governance Programs -- Conclusion -- 3: Where It All Began: Pb In Latin America -- Empowered Demo