If it were really ever once, it appears that it is simply no longer possible to view the world
through lenses that implicitly or explicitly locate the politics of public policy within national …

In the early part of the twentieth century, South African cities were segregated in accordance
with British city planning concepts that embodied the belief that social order can be …

Policy flows are not quantifiable and calculating processes but part of the uneven movement
of ideas and experiences that involves power and personalities. Processes of learning and …

This article traces the movement of the concept of 'defensible space'from N ew Y ork City in
the 1970s, where it was developed by the C anadian architect/planner O scar N ewman, to L …

Located in the field of the transnational governance of education, the article examines
international comparative testing through a sociological analysis of the knowledge and …

An ethnography of the development and travel of the New Zealand model of neoliberal
welfare reform, this study explores the social life of policy, which is one of process, motion …

Virtually all pertinent issues that the world faces today–such as nuclear proliferation, climate
change, the spread of infectious disease and economic globalization–imply objects that …

In recent years urban geographers have devoted considerable attention to the dynamics of
policy mobility. After reviewing the progress achieved in this literature, in this article I offer …

This study aims to contribute to the field of urban planning by applying policy mobilities and
transfer theories to a case study of the Capital Regional District and its 13 municipalities in …

Because the impacts of climate change are felt at the local level, we assess adaptation
diffusion mechanisms (ie, learning, competition, and emulation) among smaller big cities …