Space policy in developing countries : the search for security and development on the final frontier
著者
書誌事項
Space policy in developing countries : the search for security and development on the final frontier
（Space power and politics）
Routledge, 2013
大学図書館所蔵 全3件
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-231) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
This book analyses the rationale and history of space programs in countries of the developing world.
Space was at one time the sole domain of the wealthiest developed countries. However, the last couple of decades of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century have witnessed the number of countries with state-supported space programs blossom. Today, no less than twenty-five developing states, including the rapidly emerging economic powers of Brazil (seventh-largest), China (second-largest), and India (fourth-largest), possess active national space programs with already proven independent launch capability or concrete plans to achieve it soon.
This work places these programs within the context of international relations theory and foreign policy analysis. The author categorizes each space program into tiers of development based not only on the level of technology utilised, but on how each fits within the country's overall national security and/or development policies. The text also places these programs into an historical context, which enables the author to demonstrate the logical thread of continuity in the political rationale for space capabilities generally.
This book will be of much interest to students of space power and politics, development studies, strategic studies and international relations in general.
目次
Preface. Introduction: Space Power as National Power 1. Space Power and the Modern State 2. The Evolution of National Space Policies 3. First Tier Space Powers (Launching BRICs into Space) 4. Second Tier Space Powers 5. Third Tier Space Powers. Conclusions: Space Policy in Developing Countries
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