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The place of individuals in the politics of scale
Author(s) -
Cidell Julie
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00681.x
Subject(s) - politics , scale (ratio) , scalar (mathematics) , bounded function , epistemology , sociology , economic geography , political science , geography , mathematics , cartography , law , geometry , philosophy , mathematical analysis
Conceptualizations and re‐conceptualizations of scale have been powerful tools for explaining spatial processes that transcend traditionally‐bounded territories. Examining the role of individuals within a politics of scale can do even more to explain multi‐scalar conflicts. This paper does so by examining struggles over airport expansion in the US, showing how an understanding of the various roles of individuals in the politics of scale – as sites of multiple scales, as actors constituting other scales, and as scales in and of themselves – better explains multi‐scalar conflicts and offers more opportunities for resolving them.