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OverviewExamines the negotiations between nations that lead to international agreements regulating human activity in outer space. Full Product DetailsAuthor: M. J. PetersonPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.617kg ISBN: 9780791465011ISBN 10: 0791465012 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 05 July 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of Contents"Preface Affiliations of Authors Involved in Space Negotiations 1. Creating Regimes for ""The Final Frontier"" Actors, Social Structures, and Interaction Situation Definitions and Interaction The Patterns of Space Activity, 1957--1988 Plan of the Study 2. The Institutional Context of Negotiations Fundamental Institutions of the States System The UN Forums Participants in the Negotiations Implications of the Two Levels of Institutions 3. The Locational Classification of Outer Space Classifying Outer Space as a Location Reasoning by Analogy Selecting the Initial Analogy for Classifying Outer Space Moving to Multiple Analogies Delimiting the Outer Space Commons Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes 4. Aspects of Spaceflight Appreciating the Registration and Rescue Problems The Soviet Initiative on Rescue of Space Crews The French Initiative on Registration Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes 5. Liability for Damage on Earth Appreciating the Situation Setting the Broad Parameters and Resolving the Uncontentious Questions Resolving the Acute Disagreements Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes 6. Military Activity in Outer Space Appreciating the Situation From ""Outer Space"" to ""Space"" and ""Celestial Bodies"" Confirming the Separation and the Different Rules Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes 7. Exploring and Using the Moon Appreciating the Situation Providing Reassurance Contending over Resource Management Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes 8. The Orbit-Spectrum Resource Appreciating the Situation Bringing Space Uses into the Radio Regime The Third World Drive for Comprehensive Planning Elaborating the Mixed Access Rule Explaining Preference Formation, Preference Aggregation, and Negotiation Outcomes 9. Situation Definitions in the Outer Space Negotiations Establishing Situation Definitions The Impact of Situation Definitions on Preference Formation The Impact of Situation Definitions on Preference Aggregation The Impact of Situation Definitions on Negotiation Outcomes Situation Definitions and Explanations of Actor Conduct The Future of the Space Treaties Notes Bibliography List of Titles, SUNY series in Global Politics Index"ReviewsThis book is a rare find: a work that simultaneously makes contributions to the scholarly understanding of the politics of outer space and to political science. It has the signal virtue of being based on extensive archival research. The empirical material vastly surpasses the scattered and largely speculative literature on the actual negotiations on outer space regime formation. Author InformationM. J. Peterson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is the author of Recognition of Governments: Legal Doctrine and State Practice, 1815-1995. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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