Franziska Christina Paul
Biographic Data
| ID | 1521740 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Franziska Christina Paul |
| GIVEN NAMES | Franziska Christina |
| FAMILY NAME | Paul |
| SIGNATURE | PAUL F C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0206-6153 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Remunicipalisation and the prospects for more equitable place-based development
The last two and a half decades have witnessed a remarkable process of global de-privatisation locally: leading to the term remunicipalisation. There is, however, little research on the extent to which remunicipalisation challenges the inequities and injustices associated with privatisation and dominant neoliberal agendas at urban and regional scales. This paper aims to fill this gap with a two-step analysis of remunicipalisation outcomes. First,…
Crowdsourcing as a methodology for global movements: Building counter-hegemonic knowledge of de-privatisation
The repertoire of contemporary social movements increasingly includes utilising data in strategic pursuit of their goals. In this paper, we explore the potential for co-produced crowdsourced data in the context of a global, networked movement advocating for the de-privatisation of public services. We argue that crowdsourcing can produce data to inform and strengthen alternative progressive narratives to counteract dominant elite discourses still …
Demanding ownership: Energy democracy and environmental labour geographies
This paper contributes an ‘ownership perspective’ to the spectrum of labour environmentalist enquiries, and positions environmental labour geographies within a wider political economy of transformation. The paper explores the concept of energy democracy as a trade union strategy that pursues the social and economic ownership and democratic governance of energy systems and resources. Empirically, the paper presents the case study of Trade Unions f…
The contested politics of de-privatisation and the shifting terrain of the local state: The case of the Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany
The trend towards de-privatisation has reshaped the role of local governments and their delivery of public services across the world. Local de-privatisation encompasses the twin processes of remunicipalisation, whereby towns, cities, and rural districts take previously privatised services and infrastructure back into public ownership, and municipalisation, a process of setting up new public provision. While global in scope, de-privatisation is pa…
The return of the local state? Failing neoliberalism, remunicipalisation, and the role of the state in advanced capitalism
Picking up on the manifestation of state intervention following the 2008 financial crisis, we argue that the recent trend towards remunicipalisation underlines but also problematises the thesis of new state capitalism. Remunicipalisation refers to a process whereby towns, cities and sub-national regions take previously privatised services and infrastructures back into public ownership. Remunicipalisation has led to the emergence of regionally- an…
Remunicipalisation, Mutating Neoliberalism, and the Conjuncture
There is a growing interest in the progressive potential of remunicipalisation, a global trend for towns, cities, and even subnational regions to take formerly privatised assets and services back into public ownership. In this paper, we offer a novel conceptualisation of remunicipalisation, developing a spatialised conjunctural perspective through critical engagement with the work of Stuart Hall, Antonio Gramsci, and recent geographical scholarsh…
Adapting to the political moment and diverse terrain of 'Actually Existing Municipalisms'
This article engages constructively with the 'new municipalism', while cautioning against imposing another set of top-down elite imperatives on 'left behind places'. It also points out that local does not necessarily mean progressive, citing the example of Tees Valley's Conservative mayor Ben Houchen. As an alternative, it draws upon positive experiences from the recent global remunicipalisation trend, and highlights the importance of working wit…
Exploring the role of ‘the public’ in social economics: Public ownership and the solidarity city
Brendan Murtagh’s (2018) Social Economics and the Solidarity City addresses key questions for alternative economics in times still marked by the 2008 financial crisis, subsequent austerity politics
Deep entanglements: History, space and (energy) struggle in the German Energiewende
Deep entanglements: History, space and (energy) struggle in the German Energiewende
Remunicipalisation, Mutating Neoliberalism, and the Conjuncture
There is a growing interest in the progressive potential of remunicipalisation, a global trend for towns, cities, and even subnational regions to take formerly privatised assets and services back into public ownership. In this paper, we offer a novel conceptualisation of remunicipalisation, developing a spatialised conjunctural perspective through critical engagement with the work of Stuart Hall, Antonio Gramsci, and recent geographical scholarsh…
The return of the local state? Failing neoliberalism, remunicipalisation, and the role of the state in advanced capitalism
Picking up on the manifestation of state intervention following the 2008 financial crisis, we argue that the recent trend towards remunicipalisation underlines but also problematises the thesis of new state capitalism. Remunicipalisation refers to a process whereby towns, cities and sub-national regions take previously privatised services and infrastructures back into public ownership. Remunicipalisation has led to the emergence of regionally- an…
The contested politics of de-privatisation and the shifting terrain of the local state: The case of the Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany
The trend towards de-privatisation has reshaped the role of local governments and their delivery of public services across the world. Local de-privatisation encompasses the twin processes of remunicipalisation, whereby towns, cities, and rural districts take previously privatised services and infrastructure back into public ownership, and municipalisation, a process of setting up new public provision. While global in scope, de-privatisation is pa…
Exploring the role of ‘the public’ in social economics: Public ownership and the solidarity city
Brendan Murtagh’s (2018) Social Economics and the Solidarity City addresses key questions for alternative economics in times still marked by the 2008 financial crisis, subsequent austerity politics
Deep entanglements: History, space and (energy) struggle in the German Energiewende
Adapting to the political moment and diverse terrain of 'Actually Existing Municipalisms'
This article engages constructively with the 'new municipalism', while cautioning against imposing another set of top-down elite imperatives on 'left behind places'. It also points out that local does not necessarily mean progressive, citing the example of Tees Valley's Conservative mayor Ben Houchen. As an alternative, it draws upon positive experiences from the recent global remunicipalisation trend, and highlights the importance of working wit…
Exploring the role of ‘the public’ in social economics: Public ownership and the solidarity city
Brendan Murtagh’s (2018) Social Economics and the Solidarity City addresses key questions for alternative economics in times still marked by the 2008 financial crisis, subsequent austerity politics
Remunicipalisation, Mutating Neoliberalism, and the Conjuncture
There is a growing interest in the progressive potential of remunicipalisation, a global trend for towns, cities, and even subnational regions to take formerly privatised assets and services back into public ownership. In this paper, we offer a novel conceptualisation of remunicipalisation, developing a spatialised conjunctural perspective through critical engagement with the work of Stuart Hall, Antonio Gramsci, and recent geographical scholarsh…
The return of the local state? Failing neoliberalism, remunicipalisation, and the role of the state in advanced capitalism
Picking up on the manifestation of state intervention following the 2008 financial crisis, we argue that the recent trend towards remunicipalisation underlines but also problematises the thesis of new state capitalism. Remunicipalisation refers to a process whereby towns, cities and sub-national regions take previously privatised services and infrastructures back into public ownership. Remunicipalisation has led to the emergence of regionally- an…
The contested politics of de-privatisation and the shifting terrain of the local state: The case of the Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany
The trend towards de-privatisation has reshaped the role of local governments and their delivery of public services across the world. Local de-privatisation encompasses the twin processes of remunicipalisation, whereby towns, cities, and rural districts take previously privatised services and infrastructure back into public ownership, and municipalisation, a process of setting up new public provision. While global in scope, de-privatisation is pa…
Demanding ownership: Energy democracy and environmental labour geographies
This paper contributes an ‘ownership perspective’ to the spectrum of labour environmentalist enquiries, and positions environmental labour geographies within a wider political economy of transformation. The paper explores the concept of energy democracy as a trade union strategy that pursues the social and economic ownership and democratic governance of energy systems and resources. Empirically, the paper presents the case study of Trade Unions f…
Remunicipalisation and the prospects for more equitable place-based development
The last two and a half decades have witnessed a remarkable process of global de-privatisation locally: leading to the term remunicipalisation. There is, however, little research on the extent to which remunicipalisation challenges the inequities and injustices associated with privatisation and dominant neoliberal agendas at urban and regional scales. This paper aims to fill this gap with a two-step analysis of remunicipalisation outcomes. First,…
Crowdsourcing as a methodology for global movements: Building counter-hegemonic knowledge of de-privatisation
The repertoire of contemporary social movements increasingly includes utilising data in strategic pursuit of their goals. In this paper, we explore the potential for co-produced crowdsourced data in the context of a global, networked movement advocating for the de-privatisation of public services. We argue that crowdsourcing can produce data to inform and strengthen alternative progressive narratives to counteract dominant elite discourses still …
Politics (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (4 works) · Corporate governance (3 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 works) · Law (3 works)