The Politics of Scale in Policy

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4473-4385-1
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 178 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Succeeding in the art of contemporary policymaking involves designing policies which reflect the deeply interconnected nature of political space. Nevertheless, policy continues to be articulated through age-old categories and hierarchies of scale. This book asks why scale occupies this enduring position of privilege in policymaking, highlighting how scales are far from ‘natural’ features of policy and that they are instead essential to the armoury of policy practice. Drawing on empirical data from the field of education governance, the book traces how scales are crafted and mobilised in policymaking practices, demonstrating that ‘scalecraft’ is key to understanding the production of hegemony.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Papanastasiou, Natalie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Politische Geographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by John Clarke (Open University);

Policy, scale and the importance of space;

Problematising scale in the study of policy;

Exposing scale hegemonies;

Knowledge, policy and scale;

Hegemonies of statecraft and scale;

Spatial entrepreneurs and scalecraft;

The practice of scalecraft.

Über Autor(innen)

Papanastasiou, Natalie
Dr. Natalie Papanastasiou is a postdoctoral researcher of public policy and governance with a particular interest in exploring practices of policymaking and the politics of education governance. She is currently based in the Globalisation, Education, and Social Policies (GEPS) research group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona’s Department of Sociology.

Dr. Natalie Papanastasiou is a postdoctoral researcher of public policy and governance with a particular interest in exploring practices of policymaking and the politics of education governance. She is currently based in the Globalisation, Education, and Social Policies (GEPS) research group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona’s Department of Sociology.