While mass-based revolutions have been a relatively rare phenomenon to date, the actions
of many 21st-century dictators indicate that they increasingly fear threats posed by popular …

Abstract The European Space Agency (ESA) has been the main programmatic and
industrial capacities development organisation of the European space sector since its …

Framing theory has become more and more popular in recent European studies. This article
is an attempt to apply framing theory to space policy analysis and show its usefulness for …

Understanding the past and current strategy, policy, and governance structures of European
Space Agency (ESA) members states is playing a key role in preparing and elaborating a …

Summary The European Union Space Policy (EUSP) is one of the lesser known and,
consequently, little understood policies of the European Union (EU). Although the EU added …

In a context of rapid evolution of the space field, marked by a new expanding space
economy with a growing number of actors becoming involved, various states, organisations …

To understand institutional change, the dissertation analysed the case of ESA in terms of
stages of institutional development and facets of institutional change. Combining the …

Abstract While Political Science is often defined as the study of institutions (Steinmo et al. in
Structuring politics—historical institutionalism in comparative analysis. Cambridge University …

This chapter is based on the understanding of LI defined as arrangements whereby nation
states, in situations and conditions they can control, cooperate with one another on matters …