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Association: Name: International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention URL: http://www.isanet.org
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Bolton, Iain. "?Keeping up Appearances? - American Political Ideology and United States Space Policy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA, Feb 28, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p178925_index.html>

Bolton, I. R. , 2007-02-28 "?Keeping up Appearances? - American Political Ideology and United States Space Policy" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association 48th Annual Convention, Hilton Chicago, CHICAGO, IL, USA <Not Available>. 2009-05-24 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p178925_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The national space policy of the United States differs from the space policies of other nations because of its explicit goal that the US remain ?the leader? in humanity?s exploration of the cosmos.  The analysis that follows seeks to explain this emphasis and contends that it is a product of American political ideology.  Although US space policy gained momentum and matured during the ?space race? of the Cold War, the US response to the more visible Soviet accomplishments in space were defined more by American political culture and ideology than by other factors.  Indeed, the end of the Cold War space race did not lead to the adoption of a more modest objective.  Rather, this ambitious goal remains the focal point of US space policy because of a need to sustain a particular collective ?self-image?.The analysis that follows will first illustrate how US space policy is unique by comparing its goals with those of other space-faring nations.  The analysis will then relate the emphasis on being ?the leader? in US space policy in American political ideology and can be traced to the rise of the US as a world power in the early twentieth century. The paper will then illustrate how the need to sustain this American self-image has determined both the rhetoric and the substance of US space policy.  Finally, the analysis will consider how an alternative perspective would account for this goal of being ?the leader? and substantive outcomes in US space policy, specifically the perspective of structural realist theory.  This theoretical perspective does not consider factors such as political ideology to be significant in determining the policies of a state.   While structural realism can explain some aspects of US space policy, several significant and substantive elements of the US space program cannot be explained without acknowledging the influence of American political ideology and the country?s collective self-image.

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