Publications and articles related to public engagement and budgeting.
An article by Celina Su appearing in the 2012 Journal of Public Deliberation, vol 8: Issue 2, article 1.
An article by Carol Ebdon and Aimee Franklin appearing in the 2006 issue of the Public Administration Review 66 (3) 437-447.
This is a 1997 article by Frank Benest, a former city manager of Palo Alto, CA and consultant to local governments.
Increasingly, local agencies are seeking public participation in budgeting decisions in a process called “participatory budgeting.”