European Space Policy European integration and the final frontier [Hardcover]

Space policy is at the cutting edge of current EU policy developments and is a fascinating object of study, involving multiple and diverse actors. It is also an original and contemporary lens for studying European policy-making.

This book explores advances in European space policy and their significance for European integration. Using a framing methodology, it addresses central questions in European studies in order to form an interdisciplinary bridge between current research in space policy and contemporary European political studies. It assesses the interests of EU institutions in space and how these institutions perceive space policy. Furthermore, it demonstrates that space is a cross-cutting policy domain affecting a diverse range of EU policy fields, such as security, transport and migration, and underpinning the 21st century European and global economy. In doing so, this volume firmly locates space policy in the field of European Studies.

This innovative volume will be of key interest to students and scholars of a range of policy areas including common foreign and security policy, technology policy, transport policy, internal market policies, environmental policy, development aid and disaster-risk management, as well as the EU institutions.

Introduction: Space  Towards a European Space Policy? Thomas Hoerber  Section 1Methodology / Setting the space agenda  1 Historical background and context of space policy with regards to European integration Thomas Hoerber.  2 Approaches to analyzing European Space Policy: framing and other tools Paul Stephenson.  Section 2 Polity / Institutional Perspectives  3 The European Space Agency vis-?-vis the EU and its member stlS