First published as a special issue of Policy & Politics, the volume explores the role of scale and scaling in a wide range of policy areas, including employment policy, water management, transportation planning, public health, university governance, artistic markets, child welfare and humanitarian relief. Cases are drawn from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America and span all levels from local to global. Together, the theoretical framework and the empirical case studies sensitize us to the tensions that arise between scales of governance and to the challenges of shifting from one scale of governance to another.
Lisa Dellmuth is Associate Professor of International Relations in the Department of Economic History and International Relations at Stockholm University.
Jacob Torfing is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University, Denmark and Professor 2 in the Social Science Faculty at Nord University, Norway.