| ID | 157142 |
| Title Proper | All u need is space |
| Other Title Information | popularizing EU space policy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Oikonomou, Iraklis |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The development of EU space policy and its two main programmes, Galileo and Copernicus, has necessitated a parallel process of legitimization of this policy. Popularization, defined as the simplification of a policy in order to be made accessible to the masses and accepted by them, has been a core legitimising tool in the hands of the European Commission, with regular help from experts/industrialists, or ‘organic intellectuals’. After establishing popularization conceptually, the analysis illustrates instances of both expert-based and non-expert-based popularization at the Brussels level. It concludes that the process of popularization conceals the most controversial aspects of both Galileo and Copernicus while also producing a ‘general interest’ that glues together a disparate set of social forces, in favour of EU space programmes and their manufacturers - the European space industry. |
| `In' analytical Note | Space Policy Vol. 41; Aug 2017: p.5-11 |
| Journal Source | Space Policy 2017-07 41 |
| Key Words | Galileo ; European Commission ; EU Space Policy ; Copernicuspo ; Pularization |