International Regimes For The Final Frontier (suny Series In Global Politics)

Neither Rational Choice Theory, With Its Emphasis On Interest Calculation, Nor Sociological Institutionalist Theory, With Its Emphasis On Identity-defined Rule Following, Indicates How Governments Determine Which Of Their Multiple Interests Or Identities Are At Stake In A Particular Situation Or How They Develop Mutual Comprehension Of Each Other's Goals. International Regimes For The Final Frontier Addresses These Gaps By Tracing How Governments Approach An Unfamiliar Issue - In This Case, International Agreements Regulating Human Activity In Outer Space Between 1958 And 1988 - And Examines Three Ways Situation Definitions Channel Governments' Approaches To Issues Or Problems.--jacket. Creating Regimes For The Final Frontier -- The Institutional Context Of Negotiations -- The Locational Classification Of Outer Space --aspects Of Spacelight -- Liability For Damage On Earth -- Military Activity In Outer Spae -- Exploring And Using The Moon -- The Orbit Spectrum Resource -- Situation Definition In The Space Negotiations. M.j. Peterson. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 281-313) And Index. INTERNATIONAL REGIMES FOR THE FINAL FRONTIER......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 6 PREFACE......Page 8 AFFILIATIONS OF AUTHORS INVOLVED IN SPACE NEGOTIATIONS......Page 10 1. CREATING REGIMES FOR “THE FINAL FRONTIER”......Page 14 ACTORS, SOCIAL STRUCTURES, AND INTERACTION......Page 15 SITUATION DEFINITIONS AND INTERACTION......Page 21 THE PATTERNS OF SPACE ACTIVITY, 1957–1988......Page 27 PLAN OF THE STUDY......Page 31 FUNDAMENTAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATES SYSTEM......Page 34 THE UN FORUMS......Page 37 PARTICIPANTS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS......Page 50 IMPLICATIONS OF THE TWO LEVELS OF INSTITUTIONS......Page 52 3. THE LOCATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF OUTER SPACE......Page 54 CLASSIFYING OUTER SPACE AS A LOCATION......Page 55 REASONING BY ANALOGY......Page 57 SELECTING THE INITIAL ANALOGY FOR CLASSIFYING OUTER SPACE......Page 62 MOVING TO MULTIPLE ANALOGIES......Page 66 DELIMITING THE OUTER SPACE COMMONS......Page 72 EXPLAINING PREFERENCE FORMATION, PREFERENCE AGGREGATION, AND NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES......Page 79 4. ASPECTS OF SPACEFLIGHT......Page 88 APPRECIATING THE REGISTRATION AND RESCUE PROBLEMS......Page 89 THE SOVIET INITIATIVE ON RESCUE OF SPACE CREWS......Page 93 THE FRENCH INITIATIVE ON REGISTRATION......Page 100 EXPLAINING PREFERENCE FORMATION, PREFERENCE AGGREGATION, AND NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES......Page 104 APPRECIATING THE SITUATION......Page 114 SETTING THE BROAD PARAMETERS AND RESOLVING THE UNCONTENTIOUS QUESTIONS......Page 116 RESOLVING THE ACUTE DISAGREEMENTS......Page 126 EXPLAINING PREFERENCE FORMATION, PREFERENCE AGGREGATION, AND NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES......Page 130 6. MILITARY ACTIVITY IN OUTER SPACE......Page 138 APPRECIATING THE SITUATION......Page 139 FROM “OUTER SPACE” TO “SPACE” AND “CELESTIAL BODIES”......Page 146 CONFIRMING THE SEPARATION AND THE DIFFERENT RULES......Page 154 EXPLAINING PREFERENCE FORMATION, PREFERENCE AGGREGATION, AND NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES......Page 157 7. EXPLORING AND USING THE MOON......Page 166 APPRECIATING THE SITUATION......Page 167 PROVIDING REASSURANCE......Page 169 CONTENDING OVER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT......Page 171 EXPLAINING PREFERENCE FORMATION, PREFERENCE AGGREGATION, AND NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES......Page 177 8. THE ORBIT-SPECTRUM RESOURCE......Page 186 APPRECIATING THE SITUATION......Page 187 BRINGING SPACE USES INTO THE RADIO REGIME......Page 196 THE THIRD WORLD DRIVE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING......Page 198 ELABORATING THE MIXED ACCESS RULE......Page 206 EXPLAINING PREFERENCE FORMATION, PREFERENCE AGGREGATION, AND NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES......Page 213 9. SITUATION DEFINITIONS IN THE OUTER SPACE NEGOTIATIONS......Page 226 ESTABLISHING SITUATION DEFINITIONS......Page 227 THE IMPACT OF SITUATION DEFINITIONS ON PREFERENCE FORMATION......Page 230 THE IMPACT OF SITUATION DEFINITIONS ON PREFERENCE AGGREGATION......Page 233 THE IMPACT OF SITUATION DEFINITIONS ON NEGOTIATION OUTCOMES......Page 241 SITUATION DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS OF ACTOR CONDUCT......Page 244 THE FUTURE OF THE SPACE TREATIES......Page 248 CHAPTER 1.......Page 250 CHAPTER 2.......Page 252 CHAPTER 3.......Page 255 CHAPTER 4.......Page 263 CHAPTER 5.......Page 269 CHAPTER 6.......Page 275 CHAPTER 7.......Page 280 CHAPTER 8.......Page 285 CHAPTER 9.......Page 292 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 294 SUNY SERIES IN GLOBAL POLITICS......Page 328 A......Page 332 B......Page 333 C......Page 334 E......Page 336 G......Page 337 I......Page 338 K......Page 340 M......Page 341 N......Page 343 O......Page 344 R......Page 345 S......Page 347 T......Page 350 U......Page 351 W......Page 352 Z......Page 353 M. J. Peterson is Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and is the author of Recognition of Legal Doctrine and State Practice, 1815-1995 . When the USSR launched Sputnik into earth orbit on October 4, 1957, it took the first step in realizing the human dream of reaching outer space.