Researching the Geographies of Policy Mobility

Confronting the Methodological Challenges

Bibliographic Data

ID4996201
AuthorsAllan Cochrane (0000-0003-0320-4642, The Open University), Kelly Ward (0000-0002-3810-0889, University of Manchester), Kevin Ward (0009-0009-7153-8872)
Year2012
Volume44
Issue1
Pages5-12
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a44176
OpenAlexW1967097667
LanguageEN
Citations received145
References cited45

Introducing the special issue on "Researching the geographies of policy mobility," this paper discusses a series of contributions to the methodological challenges posed by the emergence of approaches that draw on notions of policy assemblages, mobility and mutations.While a series of theoretical developments in recent years have challenged orthodox accounts of policy diffusion and transfer, there has thus far been a lack of methodological reflection.It is to attending to this absence that this special issue concerns itself, with each of the four papers blending empirical, methodological and theoretical insights

Economics · Epistemology · Policy transfer · Political science · Positive economics · Regional science · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies