Michael Sheehan

The International Politics of Space

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The year 2007 saw the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age, which began with the launching of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in October 1957. Space is crucial to the politics of the postmodern world. It has seen competition and cooperation in the past fifty years, and is in danger of becoming a battlefield in the next fifty. The International Politics of Space is the first book to bring these crucial themes together and provide a clear and vital picture of how politically important space has become, and what its exploitation might mean for all our futures. Michael Sheehan analyzes the space programmes of the United States, Russia, China, India and the European Space Agency, and explains how central space has become to issues of war and peace, international law, justice and international development, and cooperation between the worlds leading states. It highlights the significance of China and India's commitment to space, and explains how the theories and concepts we use to describe and explain space are fundamental to the possibility of avoiding conflict in space in the future.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 542g
• ISBN-13: 9780415398077
• ISBN-10: 041539807X
• Artikelnr.: 23594791

Autorenporträt

Michael Sheehan

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Perceptions of space and international political theory
2. Propaganda and national interest: scientific socialism and the Soviet space programme 1957-69
3. The new frontier: US space policy 1957-72
4. International cooperation in space
5. European integration and space
6. Space as a military force multiplier
7. Space control
8. Space
justice and international development
9. India: security through space
10. China: the long march into space
11. Cooperation and competition in the post-Cold War era
Notes
Bibliography
Index