Barbara Lipietz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1400978 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Lipietz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Lipietz |
| SIGNATURE | LIPIETZ B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5353-4055 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Pathways to urban equality
The actions of diverse urban reform coalitions, driven by grassroots organizations, federated networks and social movements, have generated new articulations of urban knowledge and practice. Working collaboratively across urban stakeholders, movements have negotiated diverse forms of expertise, highlighting the contested epistemologies at the heart of urban interventions. This paper explores the work of one such urban reform coalition operating a…
Planning Theory Special issue
Urbanisation-induced displacements in peri-urban areas
Evicting the poor in the ‘overriding public interest’
Displacement and the public interest in Nigeria
The displacement of urban households and livelihoods by state institutions is typically justified on the basis of the developmental purposes of land clearance, purportedly in the public interest. However, conflicts around such displacement highlight both the contested nature of the “public interest” and the unequal position that different urban actors are into shape consensus about what this should constitute. This article draws on research into …
Revisiting the democratic promise of participatory budgeting in light of competing political, good governance and technocratic logics
Participatory budgeting (PB) has been a major innovation in participatory governance worldwide, with more than 3,000 experiences listed across 40 countries. PB has also diversified over its 30 years, with many contemporary experiments (referred to as PBs) only tangentially related to the original project to “radically democratize democracy”. We propose a taxonomy to distinguish the logics currently underpinning PB in practice: political (for radi…
Just Space
Just Space is a London-wide network of voluntary and community groups operating at the regional, borough and neighbourhood levels. It came together in an attempt to influence the strategic (spatial) plan for Greater London-the London Plan-and counter the domination of the planning process by developers and public bodies, the latter often heavily influenced by development interests. What crystallised Just Space participation was the requirement fo…
Forum NGOs and Social Movements
Our exploration into the complex and often divisive relationship between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social movements continues with this second instalment by academic-activist Yves C
Introduction
In the socio-historical-spatial realm, the ‘absolute’ seldom exists—complete homogeneity (or heterogeneity), absolute determination and perfect rationality belong to the domain of fiction (or specu
Introduction
The popular uprisings that erupted in December 2010 in Tunisia and spread like wildfire in the Maghreb and Middle East demand an honest appraisal, after a year of protests and conflicts. Undoubtedly, the ‘Arab Spring’ has brought about major change: dictators have been ousted (Ben Ali, Mubarak, Saleh), killed (Gaddafi), while others have seen their conception of absolutist power irrevocably shaken (Assad). Even in the relatively ‘calm’ context of…
The ‘Arab Spring’ and the city
‘Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa, das Gespenst des Kommunismus’ (‘A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of communism’): thus Marx and Engels captured the zeitgeist at the turn of the 20th century, beckoning in the process revolutionary changes and brighter tomorrows for Europe's working class. Today, it is as if those very words were being revived—adapted by numerous observers to fit the current socio-political processes in the Arab world. Thi…
Two world urban forums. What happened in Rio? Where does it lead? A discussion
In the history of radical movements, of social movements, the process of cooptation is well known, and this ... is perhaps what is happening to forums to the ideals of forums, when they become forums for all stakeholders alike - as if all stakeholders were equal. But they are not all equal. The task is to make them equal. © 2010 Taylor & Francis
Building a Vision for the Post-Apartheid City
In line with a broader 'participatory turn', the collective elaboration of city development strategies (CDSs) has become a leitmotiv in urban development planning, promising to deliver on both democracy-deepening and pro-poor concerns. Yet, this promise reposes on somewhat shaky grounds: much depends on the broader political opportunity structures within which CDSs are attempted. Using Johannesburg's recent experiment with city-wide strategic pla…
Revisiting the democratic promise of participatory budgeting in light of competing political, good governance and technocratic logics
Participatory budgeting (PB) has been a major innovation in participatory governance worldwide, with more than 3,000 experiences listed across 40 countries. PB has also diversified over its 30 years, with many contemporary experiments (referred to as PBs) only tangentially related to the original project to “radically democratize democracy”. We propose a taxonomy to distinguish the logics currently underpinning PB in practice: political (for radi…
Building a Vision for the Post-Apartheid City
In line with a broader 'participatory turn', the collective elaboration of city development strategies (CDSs) has become a leitmotiv in urban development planning, promising to deliver on both democracy-deepening and pro-poor concerns. Yet, this promise reposes on somewhat shaky grounds: much depends on the broader political opportunity structures within which CDSs are attempted. Using Johannesburg's recent experiment with city-wide strategic pla…
The ‘Arab Spring’ and the city
‘Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa, das Gespenst des Kommunismus’ (‘A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of communism’): thus Marx and Engels captured the zeitgeist at the turn of the 20th century, beckoning in the process revolutionary changes and brighter tomorrows for Europe's working class. Today, it is as if those very words were being revived—adapted by numerous observers to fit the current socio-political processes in the Arab world. Thi…
Urbanisation-induced displacements in peri-urban areas
Just Space
Just Space is a London-wide network of voluntary and community groups operating at the regional, borough and neighbourhood levels. It came together in an attempt to influence the strategic (spatial) plan for Greater London-the London Plan-and counter the domination of the planning process by developers and public bodies, the latter often heavily influenced by development interests. What crystallised Just Space participation was the requirement fo…
Building a Vision for the Post-Apartheid City
In line with a broader 'participatory turn', the collective elaboration of city development strategies (CDSs) has become a leitmotiv in urban development planning, promising to deliver on both democracy-deepening and pro-poor concerns. Yet, this promise reposes on somewhat shaky grounds: much depends on the broader political opportunity structures within which CDSs are attempted. Using Johannesburg's recent experiment with city-wide strategic pla…
Two world urban forums. What happened in Rio? Where does it lead? A discussion
In the history of radical movements, of social movements, the process of cooptation is well known, and this ... is perhaps what is happening to forums to the ideals of forums, when they become forums for all stakeholders alike - as if all stakeholders were equal. But they are not all equal. The task is to make them equal. © 2010 Taylor & Francis
The ‘Arab Spring’ and the city
‘Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa, das Gespenst des Kommunismus’ (‘A spectre is haunting Europe, the spectre of communism’): thus Marx and Engels captured the zeitgeist at the turn of the 20th century, beckoning in the process revolutionary changes and brighter tomorrows for Europe's working class. Today, it is as if those very words were being revived—adapted by numerous observers to fit the current socio-political processes in the Arab world. Thi…
Introduction
The popular uprisings that erupted in December 2010 in Tunisia and spread like wildfire in the Maghreb and Middle East demand an honest appraisal, after a year of protests and conflicts. Undoubtedly, the ‘Arab Spring’ has brought about major change: dictators have been ousted (Ben Ali, Mubarak, Saleh), killed (Gaddafi), while others have seen their conception of absolutist power irrevocably shaken (Assad). Even in the relatively ‘calm’ context of…
Forum NGOs and Social Movements
Our exploration into the complex and often divisive relationship between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social movements continues with this second instalment by academic-activist Yves C
Introduction
In the socio-historical-spatial realm, the ‘absolute’ seldom exists—complete homogeneity (or heterogeneity), absolute determination and perfect rationality belong to the domain of fiction (or specu
Just Space
Just Space is a London-wide network of voluntary and community groups operating at the regional, borough and neighbourhood levels. It came together in an attempt to influence the strategic (spatial) plan for Greater London-the London Plan-and counter the domination of the planning process by developers and public bodies, the latter often heavily influenced by development interests. What crystallised Just Space participation was the requirement fo…
Revisiting the democratic promise of participatory budgeting in light of competing political, good governance and technocratic logics
Participatory budgeting (PB) has been a major innovation in participatory governance worldwide, with more than 3,000 experiences listed across 40 countries. PB has also diversified over its 30 years, with many contemporary experiments (referred to as PBs) only tangentially related to the original project to “radically democratize democracy”. We propose a taxonomy to distinguish the logics currently underpinning PB in practice: political (for radi…
Urbanisation-induced displacements in peri-urban areas
Evicting the poor in the ‘overriding public interest’
Displacement and the public interest in Nigeria
The displacement of urban households and livelihoods by state institutions is typically justified on the basis of the developmental purposes of land clearance, purportedly in the public interest. However, conflicts around such displacement highlight both the contested nature of the “public interest” and the unequal position that different urban actors are into shape consensus about what this should constitute. This article draws on research into …
Planning Theory Special issue
Pathways to urban equality
The actions of diverse urban reform coalitions, driven by grassroots organizations, federated networks and social movements, have generated new articulations of urban knowledge and practice. Working collaboratively across urban stakeholders, movements have negotiated diverse forms of expertise, highlighting the contested epistemologies at the heart of urban interventions. This paper explores the work of one such urban reform coalition operating a…
Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (6 works) · Urban Planning and Governance (6 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Democracy (4 works)