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Record Nr.

UNINA9910735788703321

Autore

Aliberti Marco

Titolo

Power, State and Space : Conceptualizing, Measuring and Comparing Space Actors / / by Marco Aliberti, Ottorino Cappelli, Rodrigo Praino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

3-031-32871-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 pages)

Collana

Studies in Space Policy, , 1868-5315 ; ; 35

Altri autori (Persone)

CappelliOttorino

PrainoRodrigo

Disciplina

341.4

Soggetti

Law of the sea

International law

Aeronautics - Law and legislation

Aerospace engineering

Astronautics

Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space

Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

Space Exploration and Astronautics

Outer space Exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Conceptualising Space Actors: State And Power In Space -- Measuring Space Actors: A Methodological Framework -- Comparing Space Actors: An Empirical Assessment.

Sommario/riassunto

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. The book demonstrates that only actors possessing high levels of both autonomy and capacity qualify as space powers. Different levels of either capacity or autonomy produce other types of space actors, including skilled spacefarers, self-reliant spacefarers, primed spacefarers, and emerging space actors. This innovative conceptual framework is complemented by an in-depth comparative assessment that collects and processes a large amount of hard-to-find data on the most active global space actors and aggregates multiple indicators into a compound, non-hierarchical index of space power visualised in the form of a matrix.