Space politics and policy : an evolutionary perspective / edited by Eligar Sadeh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sadeh, Eligar.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Series:

Space regulations library ; v. 2.

Space regulations library ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronautics and state--United States.

Astronautics and state.

United States.

Political planning--United States.

Political planning.

Astronautics--International cooperation.

Astronautics.

Physical Description:

xviii, 520 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.

Summary:

Space Politics and Policy: An Evolutionary Perspective provides a comprehensive survey of Space Policy. This book is organized around two themes. Space Policy is evolutionary in that it has responded to dramatic political events, such as the launching of Sputnik and the Cold War, and has undergone dynamic and evolutionary policy changes over the course of the space age. Space Policy is an integral part of and interacts with public policy processes in the United States and abroad. The book analyzes Space Policy at several levels including historical context, political actors and institutions, political processes and policy outcomes. It examines the symbiotic relationships between policy, technology, and science; provides a review and synthesis of the existing body of knowledge in Space Policy; and identifies Space Policy trends and developments from the beginnings of the space age through the current era of the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Prologue: Space Exploration: Myth or Must / Willy Z. Sadeh xi

Introduction: Space Politics and Policy: An Evolutionary Perspective / Eligar Sadeh xiii

Part I. Space Policy Agenda-Setting: Historical Context

Chapter 1 Historical Dimensions of the Space Age / Roger D. Launius 3

Chapter 2 Rationales of the Space Program / Roger Handberg 27

Chapter 3 Advocacy Coalitions and Space Policy / Christopher J. Bosso, W. D. Kay 43

Part II. Space Policy Formulation and Implementation: Actors and Institutions

Chapter 4 Presidents and Space Policy / Linda T. Krug 61

Chapter 5 Congress and Space Policy / Joan Johnson-Freese 79

Chapter 6 Bureaucracy and the Space Program / Howard E. McCurdy 105

Chapter 7 Public Administration of the Space Program / Eligar Sadeh 129

Part III. Space Policy Outcomes

Chapter 8 Space and the Environment / Eligar Sadeh, James P. Lester 151

Chapter 9 Space Law / Nathan C. Goldman 163

Chapter 10 Economics of Space / Molly K. Macauley 181

Chapter 11 Space Commerce / James A. Vedda 201

Chapter 12 Ethics and Off-Earth Commerce / David M. Livingston 229

Chapter 13 Space Business / Stephen B. Johnson 241

Chapter 14 International Space Cooperation / Eligar Sadeh 281

Chapter 15 Comparative Space Policy: The Space Policy Crisis in the American, European, and French Space Programs / Xavier Pasco, Laurence Jourdain 317

Chapter 16 Space and the Military / Peter L. Hays 335

Chapter 17 Intelligence Space Program / Dwayne A. Day 371

Conclusions: Space Politics and Policy: Facing the Future / John M. Logsdon 389.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1402008791

OCLC:

51053658