The Space Station Decision: Incremental Politics and Technological Choice

by Howard E. McCurdy

Book Overview

Outstanding Academic Book of the Year, 1990, Choice Magazine While building a space station has been an extraordinary challenge for America's scientists and engineers, securing and sustaining presidential approval, congressional support, and long-term funding for the project was an enormous task for bureaucrats. The Space Station Decision examines the history of this controversial initiative and illustrates how bureaucracy shapes public policy. Using...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080184004X
• ISBN13: 9780801840043
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher