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UNINA9910785892003321 |
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Autore |
Harding Robert C. |
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Titolo |
Space policy in developing countries : the search for security and development on the final frontier / / Robert C. Harding |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-25789-6 |
1-283-60538-4 |
9786613917836 |
1-136-25790-X |
0-203-10644-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Astronautics and state - Developing countries |
National security - Developing countries |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Space power as national power; 1 Space power and the modern state; 2 The evolution of national space policies; 3 First tier space actors: Launching BRICs into space; 4 Second tier space actors; 5 Third tier space actors; Conclusion: Space policy in developing countries; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This 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 |
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