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Sozialwissenschaftliche Datenanalyse: Eine Einführung und fortgeschrittene Modelle mit R
by Benjamin E. SchlegelSozialwissenschaftliche Analyseverfahren helfen uns, Daten richtig zu verstehen und fundierte Schlüsse zu ziehen. Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine schrittweise Einführung in die Grundlagen der Datenanalyse. Es beginnt mit deskriptiven Analysen, führt über lineare Regressionen und behandelt anschließend weiterführende, komplexere statistische Modelle. Mithilfe des frei verfügbaren Statistikprogramms R werden die Analysen anschaulich umgesetzt, um die theoretischen Konzepte greifbarer zu machen. Zusätzlich stellt der Autor Quarto Markdown vor – ein Werkzeug, das das Erstellen von Seminar-, Bachelor- und Masterarbeiten auf technischer Ebene erheblich erleichtert. Übungen am Ende der Kapitel fördern die Anwendung und Vertiefung des Gelernten. Dieses Buch richtet sich primär an Studierende der Sozialwissenschaften.
Soziologie der Würde: Eine Einführung in ihre Problemzugänge, Analysen und Befunde
by Friedrich W. StallbergDieses Studienbuch bietet eine soziologische Einführung in die konfliktreiche Welt der Menschenwürde. In Abgrenzung zum vorherrschenden normativen Verständnis von Würde wird diese als eine Achtung und Autonomie anstrebende individuelle Handlungsorientierung beschrieben, die interaktiv und institutionell geformt ist, und deren Erfolgschancen von den umfassenden gesellschaftlichen Verhältnissen abhängen. Da sich Würde im Alltag erst in Situationen der Bedrohtheit und Beschädigung als für Lebensführung und Identität unentbehrlich zu erkennen gibt, konzentriert sich auch die Darstellung ihrer Realität auf Risiken, Formen und zentrale Schauplätze ihrer Beeinträchtigung.
Soziologie in Südafrika
by R. SooryamoorthyDieses Buch ist der erste umfassende Bericht über die Geschichte und den aktuellen Stand der südafrikanischen Soziologie. Es bietet ein ganzheitliches Bild des Fachs, wie es an den Universitäten gelehrt wird, und zeigt die Entwicklung einer Disziplin in einem schwierigen soziopolitischen Kontext auf. Anhand historischer und wissenschaftlicher Daten wird aufgezeigt, wie die sich verändernde politische Situation - vom Kolonialismus über die Apartheid bis hin zur Demokratie - Art, Richtung und Schwerpunkte der soziologischen Forschung im Lande beeinflusst hat. Der Autor zeigt, wie die Soziologie während der Apartheid-Ära beruflich zersplittert und entlang von Sprach- und Rassengrenzen geteilt war. Mit der Einführung der Demokratie im Jahr 1994 konnte sie jedoch wieder aufblühen und hat sich zu einer einzigartigen akademischen Bewegung entwickelt. Dieses aufschlussreiche Werk richtet sich an Studierende und Wissenschaftler der Sozialwissenschaften sowie an alle, die sich für die Geschichte und Gesellschaft Südafrikas interessieren.
Soziologisch denken mit Platon: Zwischen Philosophie und Politik (Philosophische Grundlagen der Soziologie)
by Peter GostmannWer nach den Grundlagen der Soziologie sucht, denkt üblicherweise nicht an Platon. Und wer sich grundlegend mit Platon beschäftigt, sucht üblicherweise nicht nach dessen Soziologie. Doch in beiden Fällen wird das Erkenntnispotenzial der Schriften des athenischen Akademielehrers nicht vollständig ausgeschöpft: Das Buch demonstriert, dass Platons Behandlung des Verhältnisses von Philosophie und Politik von einer soziologischen Konzeption getragen wird. Es entschlüsselt diese Konzeption vom Ausgangspunkt des sogenannten Siebten Briefs her, enthält einen systematischen Überblick des Ensembles sozialer Figuren, die Platon in seinen Dialogen auftreten lässt, und analysiert exemplarisch die soziale Dynamik im Hauptwerk Politeia. Auf diese Weise wird deutlich, dass die Lektüre Platons heutigen Soziologen helfen kann, die Grundlagen ihres Denkens besser zu verstehen, während umgekehrt soziologisches Denken allen Platon-Leser*innen ermöglicht, eine unbekannte Facette seiner Schriften zu entdecken.
Soziopsychosomatische Gesundheit, robuste Demokratie, Suffizienzökonomie und das „glückliche“ Leben: Über ein wechselseitiges Verhältnis (Gesundheit und Gesellschaft)
by Peter-Ernst SchnabelNicht einmal zehn Prozent der knapp zweihundertdreißig Milliarden Euro, die sich die Deutschen ihre Krankenversorgung jährlich kosten lassen, fließen gegenwärtig in die Präventionspolitik und davon wiederum nicht mehr als zwanzig Prozent in die Förderung der Gesundheit. Die vorliegende Untersuchung setzt sich in kritisch-konstruktiver Manier mit den interventionsphilosophischen, systemischen und professionspolitischen Hindernissen auseinander, die der längst fälligen Beseitigung dieses Unterversorgungsdilemmas im Wege stehen. Sie bemüht sich, mit dem Irrglauben aufzuräumen, dass eine Gesundheitsförderungspolitik, die mehr sein will, als die bloße Verhinderung von Krankheit und Gebrechen, realisiert werden könne, ohne die bestehenden politischen, wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Bedingungen grundlegend zu verändern. Und sie macht Vorschläge, in welche Richtung diese Veränderung gehen könnte.
Soñar es poder.La historia y las claves del éxito del español que consiguió acompañar al presidente Obama hasta la Casa
by Juan VerdeLa autobiografía personal y profesional del hombre que codirigió la campaña internacional de reelección de Obama en su camino a la Casa Blanca, un libro necesario e inspiracional con el mensaje claro de que no hay imposibles y de que tú sí puedes conseguir tus sueños. ¿Cómo un joven español de familia humilde puede convertirse en un empresario y asesor de éxito y llegar a trabajar con Bill y Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, entre otros, y llegar a convertirse una pieza clave dentro del Gobierno de Barack Obama? ¿Cuáles son las claves de su éxito? En Soñar es poder el asesor del presidente Obama Juan Verde escribe en primera persona las peripecias que lo llevaron a Estados Unidos y cómo allí descubrió cuál era su sueño y cómo luchó para conseguirlo. Una historia plagada de entusiasmo y de lucha, de convicción y de valentía, un guion que comienza en una pequeña localidad de Gran Canaria y que termina en Washingtonen la Casa Blanca. Juan Verde te habla en esta obra de la importancia de creer en un sueño, de sentir pasión por lo que haces, de lo importante que es asumir riesgos y de ponerte siempre al servicio del otro. Estos tres últimos son para él no sólo los tres pilares sobre los que se construye una carrera de éxito, sino que constituyen su propia filosofía de vida.
Soñemos juntos (Let Us Dream Spanish Edition): El camino a un futuro mejor
by Papa FranciscoEN ESTE LIBRO REVELADOR, INSPIRADOR Y PRÁCTICO, ESCRITO JUNTO CON SU BIÓGRAFO, AUSTEN IVEREIGH, EL LÍDER ESPIRITUAL POR EXCELENCIA EXPLICA POR QUÉ DEBEMOS—Y CÓMO PODEMOS—HACER EL MUNDO MÁS SEGURO, JUSTO Y SANO PARA TODOS.En la crisis del Covid, el pastor amado de más de mil millones de católicos ha visto la crueldad y la desigualdad de nuestra sociedad expuestas más vívidamente que nunca. También ha visto en la resiliencia, la generosidad y la creatividad de tantas personas los medios para rescatar nuestra sociedad, nuestra economía y nuestro planeta. Con una prosa directa y poderosa, el Papa Francisco nos urge a no permitir que el dolor sea en vano. Él comienza Soñemos juntos explorando lo que esta crisis puede enseñarnos sobre cómo manejarnos en tiempos de tribulación de cualquier tipo, ya sea en nuestras vidas o en el mundo en general. Con un candor sin precedentes, Francisco nos revela cómo tres crisis en su propia vida lo cambiaron dramáticamente para mejor. Por su misma naturaleza, él muestra que las crisis nos presentan una opción: cometemos un grave error si intentamos volver a un estado previo a la crisis. Pero si tenemos el coraje de cambiar, podemos salir del desafío mejores que antes. Francisco ofrece luego una crítica brillante y mordaz de los sistemas e ideologías que han conspirado para generar la crisis actual: desde una economía mundial obsesionada por el lucro, indiferente a las personas y al medio ambiente que daña; hasta políticos que fomentan el miedo para acrecentar su propio poder a expensas de su pueblo. Nos recuerda que el primer deber de los cristianos es servir a los demás, especialmente a los pobres y los marginados, tal como hizo Jesús. Por último, el Papa ofrece un proyecto inspirador y concreto para construir un mundo mejor para toda la humanidad, que ponga en el centro de una nueva forma de pensar a los pobres y al planeta. Para este plan Francisco se inspira no solo en textos sagrados, sino también en los hallazgos más recientes de renombrados científicos, economistas, activistas y otros pensadores. Pero en vez de dar solo recetas, nos muestra cómo el pueblo actuando conjuntamente a pesar de sus diferencias puede descubrir posibilidades insospechadas. En el camino nos ofrece decenas de observaciones sabias y sorprendentes: sobre el valor del pensamiento poco convencional; sobre por qué debemos aumentar dramáticamente el liderazgo de las mujeres en la Iglesia y en toda la sociedad; sobre lo que aprendió con los cartoneros recorriendo las calles de Buenos Aires; y mucho más. Soñemos juntos es una epifanía, un llamado a rearmarnos y un placer de leer. Es el Papa Francisco en su expresión más personal, profunda y apasionada. Con este libro y con los corazones abiertos, podemos cambiar el mundo.
Space Capitalism: How Humans will Colonize Planets, Moons, and Asteroids (Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism)
by Peter Lothian Nelson Walter E. BlockThis book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government. The authors advocate market-driven, private initiatives take the lead through enhanced competition and significant resources that can be allocated to the exploration and exploitation of outer space. Space travel and colonisation is analysed through the prism of economic freedom and laissez faire capitalism, in a unique and accessible book.
Space Expansionism and Criminology: The Emerging Terrain of Crime, Harm, and Violence
by Dawn L. Rothe Victoria E. CollinsWe have entered a recent zeitgeist, the era of the "new space age", driven by billionaires, technological advancements, and a few dominating state powers. While the race to space may be said to offer "new" opportunities for "humanity", we ask, is it predicated on the same logics and historical patterns of the past? This question guides our approach and critical assessment of human expansionism into space. Space Expansionism and Criminology: The Emerging Terrain of Crime, Harm, and Violence offers readers a critical analysis of space expansionism and today’s race to space that has come to define our contemporary era. Taking a retrospective and prospective approach, we delve into the choices being made, the justifications being offered, and those excluded from the hegemonic discourse of the benefits of humans as extraplanetary beings. Space Expansionism and Criminology includes chapters on the historical roots of today’s space race, weaponization and realpolitik, space junk and debris, space mining and resource extrapolation, the burgeoning space tourism market, the manufacturing of space nostalgia from the 1950s through today, and efforts towards, and claims-making for, space colonization to save Earth and humanity.
Space Forces: A Critical History of Life in Outer Space
by Fred ScharmenThe radical history of space exploration from the Russian Cosmists to Elon MuskMany societies have imagined going to live in space. What they want to do once they get up there - whether conquering the unknown, establishing space "colonies," privatising the moon's resources - reveals more than expected. In this fascinating radical history of space exploration, Fred Scharmen shows that often science and fiction have combined in the imagined dreams of life in outer space, but these visions have real implications for life back on earth.For the Russian Cosmists of the 1890s space was a place to pursue human perfection away from the Earth. For others, such as Wernher Von Braun, it was an engineering task that combined, in the Space Race, the Cold War, and during World War II, with destructive geopolitics. Arthur C. Clark in his speculative books offered an alternative vision of wonder that is indifferent to human interaction. Meanwhile NASA planned and managed the space station like an earthbound corporation. Today, the market has arrived into outer space and exploration is the plaything of superrich technology billionaires, who plan to privatise the mineral wealth for themselves. Are other worlds really possible? Bringing these figures and ideas together reveals a completely different story of our relationship with outer space, as well as the dangers of our current direction of extractive capitalism and colonisation.
Space Fostering African Societies: Developing the African Continent Through Space, Part 4 (Southern Space Studies)
by Annette FroehlichThis peer-reviewed book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union’s Agenda 2063. Following on from Part 1 to Part 3, which was highly acclaimed by the space community, it focuses on the role of space in supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals in Africa, but covers an even more extensive array of relevant and timely topics addressing all facets of African development. It demonstrates that, while there have been significant achievements in recent years in terms of economic and social development, which have lifted many of Africa’s people out of poverty, there is still a great deal that needs to be done to fulfill the basic needs of Africa's citizens and afford them the dignity they deserve. To this end, space is already being employed in diverse fields of human endeavor to serve Africa’s goals for its future, but there is much room for further incorporation of space systems and data. Providing a comprehensive overview of the role space is playing in helping Africa achieve its developmental aspirations, the book will appeal to both students and professionals in fields such as space studies, international relations, governance, social, rural and technical development.
Space Policy for the Twenty-First Century
by Wendy N. Whitman Cobb Derrick V. FrazierA foundational, accessible overview of space policy in the United States This book provides readers with the first comprehensive overview of major space policies in the United States and a framework through which to analyze them. It examines all facets of space policy—civilian, military, and commercial—and presents this material accessibly for use by readers at multiple levels, from undergraduate courses to government practitioners making and implementing policy. The first section offers a history of space exploration, focusing on the US within a global context. The second section looks at the actors and institutions involved in setting space policy in a government based on the separation of powers, including the president, Congress, NASA, and the Department of Defense. The book concludes with chapters on the different sectors of space policy, as well as questions this field will face in the future. As policymakers and business leaders become increasingly aware of the everyday systems that depend on space technologies, such as communications, mapping, and weather monitoring, and as space becomes a more visible arena for commercial competition, potential humanitarian gain, and military threats, Space Policy for the Twenty-First Century helps students and professionals navigate the complexity of space as a policy area.
Space Policy in Developing Countries: The Search for Security and Development on the Final Frontier (Space Power and Politics)
by Robert C. HardingThis 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.
Space Power Interests
by Peter HayesIn this unique volume, an international cast of leading scholars from several disciplines offers a comprehensive assessment of the current status of space-based weaponry. Regional and technical experts offer their analysis of the major powers' special interests in space and also examine the broader issues of ICBM proliferation, testing, monitoring, and verification as well as possible opportunities for cooperation between states with a stake in space power.
Space Security and Legal Aspects of Active Debris Removal (Studies in Space Policy #16)
by Annette FroehlichThe book analyzes the various legal and political concepts to resolve the problem of the existing space debris in outer space and which measures have been taken to avoid space debris or to reduce potential space debris in the course of future space missions. From a scientific and technical point of view various studies are ongoing to analyze the feasibility of active debris removal. Nevertheless it has to be highlighted that outer space is an international area where various actors with different legal and political concepts are operating, a situation that leads to different approaches concerning such activities.
Space Strategy in the 21st Century: Theory and Policy (Space Power and Politics)
by Eligar SadehThis book offers an overview of space strategy in the 21st century. The purpose of space strategy is to coordinate, integrate, and prioritize space activities across security, commercial, and civil sectors. Without strategy, space activities continue to provide value, but it becomes difficult to identify and execute long-term programs and projects and to optimize the use of space for security, economic, civil, and environmental ends. Strategy is essential for all these ends since dependence on, and use of, space is accelerating globally and space is integrated in the fabric of activities across all sectors and uses. This volume identifies a number of areas of concern pertinent to the development of national space strategy, including: intellectual foundations; political challenges; international cooperation and space governance; space assurance and political, organizational, and management aspects specific to security space strategy. The contributing authors expand their focus beyond that of the United States, and explore and analyse the international developments and implications of national space strategies of Russia, China, Europe, Japan, India, Israel, and Brazil. This book will be of much interest to students of space power and politics, strategic studies, foreign policy and International Relations in general.
Space Supporting Africa: Volume 1: A Primary Needs Approach and Africa’s Emerging Space Middle Powers (Studies in Space Policy #20)
by Annette Froehlich André SiebritsIn this book the background and context of Africa’s political and socio-economic landscape is presented and unpacked through a primary needs approach which focuses on climate, biodiversity, health, water, education, and space-related capacity building. African theoretical contributions from the International Relations field are discussed, and Africa’s new Space Policy and Strategy, along with debates around the establishment of an African Space Agency, are explored. The African International Space Ecosystem is then analyzed, including its dimensions of intra-African space relations and initiatives, African participation in COPUOS, and international space activities, agreements, and initiatives in Africa. The final part is dedicated to the national space infrastructure and activities of African states.
Space Supporting Africa: Volume 2: Education and Healthcare as Priority Areas in Achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (Studies in Space Policy #27)
by Annette Froehlich André Siebrits Christoffel KotzeThis book addresses the need to support decision-makers across Africa by promoting awareness of the importance of space technologies and data to African development through the presentation of existing examples where space supports education and healthcare, and by making recommendations for further roll-out of these efforts. This is necessary because of the enduring misconception that space-related research and expenditure competes with other, more pressing, needs on the continent, when in truth space can play a major role in meeting these needs.Accordingly, the book unpacks the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030 and the critical needs they address in the African context. Secondly, it provides an analysis of the African higher education landscape and considers the network of higher education-related SDGs, their targets, and their indicators. Africa’s own development plan, Agenda 2063, is also explored. The African higher education landscape is then assessed by way of three models – the Space-Education Equation (SEE), the Benefits to Education by Space Transection (BEST), and the Enhanced Education for Sustainable Development Access and Success (EESDAS) model. The critical role of educational technologies and e-learning in bridging the educational access and success gap is appraised, as is the role of the space sector, and its technologies, applications, and data in African higher education. Finally, it explores e-health and provides an analysis of pertinent technologies required by e-health, past and present, and the opportunities and challenges it presents. Space technology can play a critical role in eliminating the barriers that are currently preventing e-health from playing a more significant role in a developing region such as sub-Saharan Africa.
Space Supporting Africa: Volume 3: Security, Peace, and Development through Efficient Governance Supported by Space Applications (Studies in Space Policy #28)
by James Wilson Annette Froehlich Nicolas RingasAfrica faces numerous challenges relating to good governance due to its vast and diverse landscape, as well as its history. This book explores the role of space-based applications in supporting African good governance by strengthening civil society, bolstering democratic processes and advancing socio-economic development. The increased use of such applications can accelerate Africa's progress towards the United Nations Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, as well as the African Union's Agenda 2063 aspirations This book examines key challenges facing governance within African to provide an accurate account of the current African context. It discusses specific examples of e-governance and digital solutions that leverage space-based technologies and have been successfully implemented in both the developed and developing world. In the context of the numerous satellite constellations being deployed to provide affordable Internet connectivity globally, it examines the major actors in this sector and presents additional governance solutions based on remote sensing and Earth observation data. Given its scope, the book will be of interest to professionals and students in the fields of development, governance and space studies.
Space Supporting Latin America: Latin America's Emerging Space Middle Powers (Studies in Space Policy #25)
by Annette Froehlich Diego Alonso Amante Soria Ewerton De MarchiThis book examines the background and context of Latin America's political and socioeconomic landscape with a focus on space activities. Firstly, it discusses Latin America's contribution to this sector from an international relations perspective, and explores the debates around the establishment of a Latin American Space Agency. It then highlights space-related capacity building, Latin America’s participation in UNCOPUOS, and international space activities, agreements, and initiatives in Latin America. The second part is devoted to the national space infrastructures and space activities of Latin American states. It analyzes various spacefaring countries in the context of their intra-regional space relations and initiatives as well as their bi-lateral cooperation programs. This timely book is of interest to scholars and professionals working in the space field, especially those in Latin America and other emerging countries.
Space Technology Export Controls and International Cooperation in Outer Space
by Michael MineiroExport controls definitively impact international cooperation in outer space. Civil and commercial space actors that engage in international endeavors must comply with space technology export controls. In the general discourse, members of the civil and commercial space community have an understanding of their domestic export control regime. However, a careful reading of the literature on space technology export controls reveals that certain questions relevant to international engagements have not been identified or answered. What is the legal-political origin of space technology export controls? How do they relate to the current international legal structure? What steps can be taken to evolve our current unilateral paradigm of space technology within the context of peaceful exploration and use of outer space? In this book, these and other relevant questions on space technology export controls are identified and assessed through an insightful case-study of the U.S. commercial communication export control regime. The findings of this case-study are used in an international legal-political analysis of international space law, public international law, and international cooperation. Breaking new ground in international legal theory, a self-justified security dilemma that is manifest in international law is identified and explained as the origin for the current paradigm of space technology export controls.
Space Warfare in the 21st Century: Arming the Heavens (Cass Military Studies)
by Joan Johnson-FreeseThis book examines the recent shift in US space policy and the forces that continually draw the US back into a space-technology security dilemma. The dual-use nature of the vast majority of space technology, meaning of value to both civilian and military communities and being unable to differentiate offensive from defensive intent of military hardware, makes space an area particularly ripe for a security dilemma. In contrast to previous administrations, the Obama Administration has pursued a less militaristic space policy, instead employing a strategic restraint approach that stressed multilateral diplomacy to space challenges. The latter required international solutions and the United States, subsequently, even voiced support for an International Code of Conduct for Space. That policy held until the Chinese anti-satellite (ASAT) test in 2013, which demonstrated expanded Chinese capabilities. This volume explores the issues arising from evolving space capabilities across the world and the security challenges this poses. It subsequently discusses the complexity of the space environment and argues that all tools of national power must be used, with some degree of balance, toward addressing space challenges and achieving space goals. This book will be of much interest to students of space policy, defence studies, foreign policy, security studies and IR.
Space Warfare: Strategy, Principles and Policy (Space Power and Politics)
by John J. KleinThis new study considers military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past. Explaining why and how strategists note the similarities of space operations to those of the air and naval forces, this book shows why many such strategies unintentionally lead to overemphasizing the importance of space-based offensive weaponry and technology. Counter to most U.S. Air Force doctrines, the book argues that space-based weapons don’t imbue superiority. It examines why both air and naval strategic frameworks actually fail to adequately capture the scope of real-world issues regarding current space operations. Yet by expanding a naval strategic framework to include maritime activities—which includes the interaction of land and sea—the breadth of issues and concerns regarding space activities and operations can be fully encompassed. Commander John Klein, United States Navy, uses Sir Julian Corbett’s maritime strategy as a strategic springboard, while observing the salient lessons of other strategists—including Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, Jomini, and Mao Tse-tung—to show how a space strategy and associated principles of space warfare can be derived to predict concerns, develop ideas, and suggest policy not currently recognized. This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of military and strategic studies and to those with an interest in space strategy in particular.
Space Warfare: Strategy, Principles and Policy (Space Power and Politics)
by John J. KleinThis book examines military space strategy within the context of the land and naval strategies of the past. This second edition has been updated and revised, with several new chapters included.The book examines competition and conflict in the space domain, including the methods used and sound counterstrategies to thwart a competitor’s efforts. Contrary to many spacepower pundits, the book explains that neither is the space domain inherently offense-dominant nor is there a first-mover advantage when incorporating a sound space strategy. Offering new insights into the nature of strategic competition in space, this second edition leans heavily on the British maritime experience and the work of Julian Corbett to provide a strategic framework for understanding competition, crisis, and conflict in the space domain. It also includes important concepts from leading theorists and strategists, both past and present, to amplify concepts and provide additional insights into the functioning of space strategy. The book provides a foundational framework by underscoring that space strategy is shaped by the fundamental nature of all warfare, along with the universal principles of strategy and the essential unity of all strategic experience. Warfare is warfare, no matter the domain of operations, and consequently, policymakers and military leaders can look to historical experience and knowledge of past strategic frameworks to help gain insights into the functioning of space warfare.This book will appeal to students of spacepower, defense and strategic studies, and International Relations.
Space and Defense Policy (Space Power and Politics)
by Damon Coletta Frances T. PilchThis edited volume introduces the reader to the role of space in military and defense strategy, and outlines some of the major foreign and domestic actors in the space arena, as well as constraints of law and treaties on activities in space. It also addresses science and technology as they relate to space policy. The book addresses three main questions: How does the realm of space fit into strategic thinking about national security? How does policy regarding space develop and what considerations, both in the United States and abroad, figure prominently in calculations about space policy? How do different states/nations/actors regard the role of space in their national security calculations and how do these policies impact each other? This book fills a niche in the space policy field, providing insights into space and strategy from international experts from the military, academic and scientific communities. A unique feature of the book is the chapter on science and technology, which utilizes the latest information available concerning space utilization and exploration.