Launching Europe : an Ethnography of European Cooperation in Space Science.

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Author / Creator:	Zabusky, Stacia E.
Imprint:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (276 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Astronautics -- Europe -- International cooperation. Astronautics -- Europe. Astronautics. Engineering. Astronautics. Astronautics -- International cooperation. Engineering. Ethnic relations. Europe -- Ethnic relations. Europe. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146800

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ISBN:	9781400821600 1400821606
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	In this first ethnographic study of the European Space Agency, Stacia Zabusky explores the complex processes involved in cooperation on space science missions in the contemporary context of European integration. Zabusky argues that the practice of cooperation does not depend on a homogenizing of interests in a bland unity. Instead, it consists of ongoing negotiation of and conflict over often irreconcilable differences. In this case, those differences are put into play by both technical and political divisions of labor (in particular, those of big science and of European integration). Zabusky s.
Other form:	Print version: Zabusky, Stacia E. Launching Europe : An Ethnography of European Cooperation in Space Science. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691029726

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Multiple Cooperations
1. The Study of Cooperation: Theoretical Issues
2. The European Space Agency and the Structure of Cooperation
3. The Practice of Cooperation: Working Together on Space Science Missions
4. Struggling with Diversity: The Social and Cultural Dynamics of Working Together
5. Evasion and Responsibility: The Politics of Working Together
6. Existential Worries: Excitement and Boredom in the Experience of Working Together
7. Working Together Transformed: The Production of Technology and Cooperation
Epilogue: Sacred Cooperation and the Dreams of Modernity
Notes
References
Index

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