When citizens set the budget: lessons from ancient Greece
Today elected representatives take the tough decisions about public finances behind closed doors. In doing so, democratic politicians rely on the advice of financial bureaucrats, who, oft...
Lyn Carson is Research Director at The newDemocracy Foundation, prior to that a Professor with the University of Sydney Business School, and before that, a Professorial Fellow with the Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy at UWS. "Carson" was also Academic Program Director in the United States Studies Centre at The University of Sydney. For over a decade she taught in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney on topics relating to public administration, citizen engagement and deliberative democracy.