Power, state and space: conceptualizing, measuring and comparing space actors
In: Studies in space policy volume 35
Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Spacepower: Capacity and Autonomy -- 1.2 Book Outline -- References -- 2 Conceptualizing Space Actors: State and Power in Space -- 2.1 Space Power as a Form of State Power -- 2.2 State Power: Capacity and Autonomy -- 2.2.1 State Capacity: The Tyranny of a Concept -- 2.2.2 State Autonomy (and Its Enemies): The Forgotten Core -- 2.3 Spacepower and Space Power[s] -- 2.3.1 The Literature on Spacepower -- 2.3.2 Recovering and Redefining Spacepower -- 2.3.3 Spacepower as a Matrix: Space Powers and Other Actors -- References -- 3 Measuring Space Actors: A Methodological Framework -- 3.1 Overview of the Methodological Framework and Scoring System -- 3.2 Measuring Capacity -- 3.2.1 Hard Capacity -- 3.2.2 Soft Capacity -- 3.3 Measuring Autonomy -- 3.3.1 Hard (Technical) Autonomy -- 3.3.2 Soft (Political) Autonomy -- 3.4 Indexing Capacity and Autonomy -- References -- 4 Comparing Space Actors: An Empirical Assessment -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.1.1 Case Selection and Data -- 4.1.2 Positioning of Space Actors in the Spacepower Matrix: Outline -- 4.2 Measuring and Comparing Capacity -- 4.2.1 Measuring Hard Capacity -- 4.2.2 Measuring Soft Capacity -- 4.2.3 Building the Capacity Index and Matrix -- 4.3 Measuring and Comparing Autonomy -- 4.3.1 Measuring Hard (Technical) Autonomy -- 4.3.2 Measuring Soft (Political) Autonomy -- 4.3.3 Building the Autonomy Index and Matrix -- 4.4 Measuring Spacepower and Identifying Space Powers -- 4.4.1 Country Results -- 4.4.2 Comparative Results -- References -- 5 Conclusions -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Major Literature on Spacepower (1988-2020) -- Appendix B: Major Definitions of Spacepower -- Appendix C: The "Measuring Spacepower" Survey -- Country of Expertise -- Soft Capacity Questions -- Space and Security -- Space and Defence -- Space and Foreign Policy.
