Launching Europe : an ethnography of European cooperation in space science /

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Author / Creator:Zabusky, Stacia E., 1959-
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1995.
Description:xii, 261 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Princeton paperbacks
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1738530
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ISBN:0691033706 (acid-free paper)
0691029725 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-257) and index.
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