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Book SynopsisIn the modern world, technical issues define space policy. Missing from discussions of space policy, however, is a consideration of the political consequences of new space endeavors, particularly in the context of the European Union. This book, therefore, approaches space policy instead from the discipline of European studies and analyzes the European integration process through the lenses of political science, history, economics, and international relations. The strengths of each discipline are used to apply theoretical approaches to current issues in European space policy. Theorizing European Space Policy is the latest contribution to the growing debate on space policy and its role in the European integration process.
Trade ReviewTheorizing European Space Policy successfully fills a long-standing gap in understanding the politics of space activities in Europe. -- Kai-Uwe Schrogl, European Space Agency
Table of Contents1.Framing Theory Paul Stephenson 2.Spillover to Space: a critical investigation into neofunctionalist EU space policy Harald Köpping Athanasopoulos 3.“Putting Space More at the service of Europe and its citizens”: The governance of European Space Policy and the ‘Scientific Citizen’ Lorna Ryan 4.The development of European Space Policy through the lenses of Discourse Theory Thomas Hoerber 5.Imperial Space?: Theories of Empire and the Space Policy of the European Union Martin Kenneder 6.(Neo-)Realism - Power politics and the formation of International law - A Historical comparison Marius Leissle 7.Social Constructivism and Integration: Re-igniting European Identity - a Common Ground in Space? Fabian Kienzler 8.Strange Spaces: an International Political Economy reading of operational space programmes Sarah Liebermann 9.Marxism - Profits in orbit: The ‘nationalization’ of the Galileo programme Iraklis Oikonomou 10.Historical-Institutionalism Emmanuel Sigalas 11.Liberal Intergovernmentalism - Theorising European Space Policy Christina Giannopapa, Maarten Adriaensen, Christopher Lehnert 12.Economic Modelling Ersilia Vaudo, Arne Lahcen
