The place of individuals in the politics of scale |
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| Authors: | Julie Cidell |
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| Institution: | Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, California State University, San Bernardino, CA 95825, USA Email: |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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| Keywords: | United States politics of scale qualitative methods airports air transportation activism |
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