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|a Paikowsky, Deganit
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|a The power of the space club
|c Deganit Paikowsky
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|a Cambridge
|b Cambridge University Press
|c 2017
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|a xi, 251 pages
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|a Nation-state clubs in world politics -- The evolution of the space club -- A multilateral race for space club membership -- France and Britain -- Canada and Australia -- India and Israel -- The space club in the post-Cold War era -- Conclusions and future directions
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|a Astronautics and state
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|a Astronautics / Political aspects
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|a World politics
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|a Space race
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|a Great powers
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|a Cambridge Books Online
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|a 10.1017/9781108159883
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|x Verlag
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|a Why do nation states choose to develop national space programs? How can they justify national efforts to acquire capabilities by arguing for membership of the space club? This book provides a unique perspective of the past, current and future of space exploration and technological development in world politics. A country that sees itself as a power deserving of a seat at the table of world governance is expected to race for space. Based on a rich and detailed analysis of a range of space programs of states which are not usually at the focus of world politics and its research, the author shows that joining the space club is a legitimate and rational decision. The book provides a different way of looking at international relations, through a relatively under-studied area of policy - the space club
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