“She treated us like we bring valid ideas to the table:” Youth experiences of a youth-led participatory budgeting process

Augsberger, Astraea; Collins, Mary Elizabeth; Gecker, Whitney; Lusk, Katharine; Zhao, Qianqian

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.025

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“…Recent research has shown the range of organizational change processes possible from including young people as partners, such as teacher assessments in New York City (Sussman, 2013), youth councils and youth activism in Philadelphia (Conner and Cosner, 2016) participatory budgeting in Boston (Augsberger et al, 2017), school redesign in the Netherlands (Burke and Könings, 2016), municipal councils in Israel (Nir and Perry-Hazan, 2016), youth advisory boards in US child welfare systems (Havlicek et al, 2016), and community art hubs in Canada (Hauseman, 2016).…”

Section: Outcomes For Organizational Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Student voice in secondary schools: the possibility for deeper change

Mitra

2018

JEA

118

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of student voice in secondary school reform. Design/methodology/approach Through a literature review, it defines the concept of student voice within bodies of research on youth participation internationally. Findings It notes the ways the USA is distinct and lagging behind. It then looks at the broadening scope of ways that young people have become involved in change efforts. It considers ways that student voice can deepen implementation efforts and strengthen classroom practice. It breaks this discussion into: outcomes for classroom instruction, organizational change, and the relationship between student voice and power. The paper ends with a discussion of the importance of attending to issues of power in youth–adult relationships, including ways to avoid the co-optation of young people. Originality/value This paper reviews the most recent work showing how student voice can impact change, with a particular focus when possible on urban secondary schools to fit with this special issue. It updates a previous review of the field conducted ten years ago (Mitra, 2006). Before beginning this review, however, it is important to understand how student voice varies across global contexts.

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Section: Outcomes For Organizational Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Student voice in secondary schools: the possibility for deeper change

Mitra

2018

JEA

118

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“…Studies document targeted efforts to include marginalized groups in the PB process (Augsberger, Collins, Gecker, Lusk, et al., ; Holdo, ); however, important structural barriers remain. Hayduk, Hackett, and Folla () studied New York City's PB process and found a lack of translation services, difficulty creating safe spaces for undocumented immigrants, and an inability to tackle larger issues facing immigrants as significant barriers.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“We make a direct impact on people's lives”: Youth empowerment in the context of a youth‐led participatory budgeting project

Augsberger

Gecker

Collins

2018

Journal Community Psychology

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Participatory budgeting [PB] is a democratic process whereby community members determine how to spend governmental funds. Youth‐led PB is relatively new, occurring in select U.S. cities. During youth‐led PB, youth collect ideas, develop proposals, and advertise community improvement projects for which they, citywide, cast deciding votes. The study examined opportunities for the empowerment youth at each stage of a youth‐led PB project. Data collection included individual interviews with 31 youths and adult stakeholders, 3 focus groups with youths, and 7 observations of meetings. The data were analyzed using consensual qualitative research methods. Findings align well with the psychological empowerment literature and demonstrate several opportunities for empowerment throughout the PB project, including feeling in charge of the process, understanding and allocating resources, and influencing positive community change. Findings also demonstrate potential barriers to empowerment, including understanding bureaucratic decision making, and influencing policy. PB is relevant to furthering our understanding of the empowerment of youth. The youths who participated in the present study expressed feelings of competence, purpose, and an ability to use the skills learned to engage fellow youths in the PB process. Additional empirical research is needed to examine the dimensions of empowerment at each stage of the PB process.

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“…migrants, elderly people, youth) in the budgeting process, which can positively impact decision-making, outcomes, and intangible values (Hernández-Medina, 2010). Prior studies have specifically pointed to the benefits of engaging young people in the process (Augsberger et al. , 2017; Collins et al.…”

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Toward sustainable governance with participatory budgeting

Sinervo,

Bartocci,

Lehtonen

et al. 2024

JPBAFM

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PurposeSustainability is a pressing challenge of governance and public financial management. One key element of sustainable governance is the role of citizens. Participatory budgeting (PB) is a participatory tool with which citizens can influence public administration. PB is a democratic process that grants people real power over real money and it has spread around the world. This special issue explores the role of PB in the context of sustainable governance. In this editorial, the authors aim to approach PB as a form of sustainable governance.Design/methodology/approachIn this editorial, the authors collaborate in the analysis of how PB is implicated in the public management of complex social, economic and ecological issues. The authors identify key dimensions of internal and external sustainability based on prior research. The authors approach these dimensions as an internal–external nexus of sustainable governance in which organizational and financial sustainability are the internal dimensions and socio-political and environmental sustainability are the external dimensions.FindingsEven though PB can be seen as one tool for citizen participation, it has the potential to foster sustainability in multiple ways. PB, as a form of sustainable governance, requires a financially and administratively sustainable organizational process that results in the institutionalization of PB. It also includes thorough consideration of socio-political and environmental sustainability impacts of PB.Originality/valueAcademics are actively studying PB from various perspectives. However, most of this work has approached PB from the viewpoints of design and results of PB, and less is known about its institutional settings. PB has not yet been adequately studied in the context of sustainability, and there is a need to scrutinize PB as a form of sustainable governance.

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“She treated us like we bring valid ideas to the table:” Youth experiences of a youth-led participatory budgeting process

Cited by 22 publications

References 18 publications

Student voice in secondary schools: the possibility for deeper change

Student voice in secondary schools: the possibility for deeper change

“We make a direct impact on people's lives”: Youth empowerment in the context of a youth‐led participatory budgeting project

Toward sustainable governance with participatory budgeting

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