Local Government, Citizens and Climate Change: A role for participatory budgeting (Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research)

by Tom Cohen

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Why have local authorities responded relatively poorly to climate change to date? Why do most of them remain nervous of giving more power to citizens? This book asks whether a fresh approach to climate change that explicitly involves citizens in making policy decisions could help local authorities establish a more positive relationship with members of their community.

Participatory budgeting is one way in which this positive relationship could be established, as in addition to letting citizens determine how money is spent in their neighbourhoods, they will also be asked to meet some greenhouse gas emission targets at...

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  • ISBN10 1138946761
  • ISBN13 9781138946767
  • Publish Date 30 December 2017
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 272
  • Language English