Question
The first use of this process was in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where it was linked to an increase in tax revenues. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this process which has occurred in New York City since 2011. In this process, citizens decide where to spend a certain amount of money, usually in both public meetings and a final public vote.
ANSWER: participatory budgeting [prompt on PB]
[10m] This similar kind of event, common in New England, consists of a gathering of citizens to make a variety of political decisions. This type of event, which dates back to colonial times, is often led by an elected moderator.
ANSWER: town meeting [prompt on meeting; do not accept or prompt on “town hall” or “town hall meeting”]
[10e] Participatory budgeting and town meetings are a relatively direct form of this concept, in comparison with indirect forms of this concept such as electing representatives.
ANSWER: democracy [accept word forms such as democratic]
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, Social Science>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo | 10/28/2023 | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 7 | 11.43 | 100% | 14% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (South Central) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (UK) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia A | Columbia B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cornell B | UMD A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| JHU B | John Jay A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| NYU | UMD B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Pitt | JHU A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Swarthmore | RIT | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Rutgers | Cornell A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |