Power, State and Space
Power, State and Space: Conceptualizing, Measuring and Comparing Space Actors
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031328701 | 225 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 15 MB
English | 2023 | ISBN: 3031328701 | 225 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 15 MB
This book explains on what basis a nation can claim the status of space power, what are the criteria differentiating a space power from “lesser” space actors, and how their spacepower can be empirically measured and assessed. To this end, it sets forth a comprehensive multidisciplinary framework to enable a dynamic comparison of space actors and of the pathways that lead them in and out of the space powers’ club. Drawing upon a critical review of the existing literature, it conceptualises spacepower as a form of state power based on the complex interplay between the two defining dimensions of stateness, namely the well-studied dimension of capacity and the often neglected yet exceedingly important dimension of autonomy.