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Record Nr.

UNINA9910338233603321

Autore

Paladini Stefania

Titolo

The new frontiers of space : economic implications, security issues and evolving scenarios / / Stefania Paladini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

9783030199418

303019941X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 313 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

629.4

333.94

Soggetti

Technological innovations

New business enterprises

Venture capital

International economic integration

Globalization

Aerospace engineering

Astronautics

Nonprofit organizations

Security, International

Innovation and Technology Management

Start-Ups and Venture Capital

Emerging Markets and Globalization

Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises

International Security Studies

Enginyeria aeroespacial

Vol espacial

Espai en economia

Astronàutica i civilització

Astronàutica - Aspectes econòmics

Dret espacial

Turisme espacial

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. A Snapshot of Space: 2018 -- 3. The Business of Space -- 4. Europe in Space and the Space in Europe: A Complex Relationship -- 5. Beyond Europe: Space Powers Around the World -- 6. Space Diplomacy: Traditional and Non-traditional Security Issues -- 7. The Legal Dimensions of Space -- 8. A Changing Space: Trends of the 21st Century -- 9. Beyond Space Fiction -- 10. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

There are few industries in today's world as dynamic and dramatically changing as the space sector, with new ventures and initiatives being announced on a daily basis. As well as emerging countries improving their launching and manufacturing capabilities, private actors are beginning to join public bodies in the space race, and participating in what is frequently being referred to as the new space era. With fantastic opportunities arising for business and economics, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the space sector, exploring recent initiatives, and the most important areas of investment in the industry, including emerging fields of activities such as asteroid mining and space tourism. It also addresses traditional and non-traditional security issues in the sector, together with discussing their legal implications. This interdisciplinary book provides insights for practitioners and researchers alike, particularly those involved in technology and innovation management,emerging markets, international relations, and security studies.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136639103321

Autore

Lempert Michael

Titolo

Scale : Discourse and Dimensions of Social Life / / edited by E. Summerson Carr and Michael Lempert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California, : University of California Press, 2016

Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

9780520965430

0520965434

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Open Access e-Books

Knowledge Unlatched

Disciplina

300.72

Soggetti

Scaling (Social sciences)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Projecting presence : aura and oratory in William Jennings Bryan's presidential races / Richard Bauman -- Interaction rescaled : how Buddhist debate became a diasporic pedagogy / Michael Lempert -- Shrinking indigenous language in the Yukon / Barbra Meek -- Scale-making : comparison and perspective as ideological projects / Susan Gal -- Balancing the scales of justice in Tonga / Susan U. Philips -- Interscaling awe, deescalating disaster / E. Summerson Carr and Brooke Fisher -- Scaling red and the horror of trademark / Constantine V. Nakassis -- Semiotic vinification and the scaling of taste / Michael Silverstein -- Going upscale : scales and scale-climbing as ideological projects / Judith T. Irvine.

Sommario/riassunto

"Wherever we turn, we see diverse things scaled for us, from cities to economies to history to love. We know scale by many names, and through many familiar antinomies: 'local' and 'global,' 'micro' and 'macro,' 'events' and the 'longue duree.' Even the most critical amongst us often proceed with our analysis as if such scales are the readymade platforms of social life, rather than asking how, why, and to what effect scalar distinctions are forged in the first place? How do scalar



distinctions help actors and analysts alike make sense of and navigate their social worlds? What do they reveal and what do they conceal? How are scales construed and what effects do they have on the way the people who abide by them think and act? This path-breaking volume attends to the practical labor of scale making and the communicative practices this labor requires. Ethnographically, the chapters demonstrate that scale is practice and process before it is product, whether in the work of projecting 'the commons,' claiming access to 'the big picture,' or scaling the seriousness of a crime"--Provided by publisher.