ABSTRACT

This book builds a bridge between current research in space policy and contemporary European political studies by addressing developments in European space policy and its significance for European integration.

It answers questions central to European studies applying them to the burgeoning field of EU space policy and takes an interdisciplinary approach, examining space policy in the light of a range of policy areas including common foreign security policy, technology policy, transport policy and internal market. Using a theoretical framework based around notions of neo-institutionalism to evaluate the evolving nature of space policy in Europe, the book provides clear insights into the development of the sector and the resulting developments made to the European political landscape.

This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of Space policy, EU studies/politics, European Studies/Politics, International Relations, Political Science, History Economics and Security Studies.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

part III|69 pages

Future perspectives

chapter 7|12 pages

ESA and NASA

An historical institutionalist reading of European space policy in an age of autonomy and isolationism

chapter 8|23 pages

Talking about governance

European space policy

chapter 9|17 pages

The Moon Village and Space 4.0

The “open concept” as a new way of doing space?

chapter |15 pages

Conclusion