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Space Exploration: Nasa Investment Into The Private Space Sector And Public Opinion, Brooke Ziegenhagen
Space Exploration: Nasa Investment Into The Private Space Sector And Public Opinion, Brooke Ziegenhagen
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The space exploration industry has entered a new era with companies such as SpaceX and Blue Origin leading the way to the privatization of space. This paper examines public opinion regarding the source of space exploration funding and proposes possible motivations for these sentiments. This is followed by an assessment on NASA’s investment trends into the commercial space industry. Both probes review the past decade, to reveal the public-private relationship in this new era and finally, conclude whether or not public opinion plays a role in the degree of NASA investment and what that role may be.
How The European Union’S Criteria For Membership Move Public Opinion, Douglas Page
How The European Union’S Criteria For Membership Move Public Opinion, Douglas Page
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Existing studies suggest that normative commitments to the European Union’s human rights standards remain weak in states applying for EU membership, and that citizens are unresponsive to information the EU provides. This research does not gauge public support for human rights when they are framed as an EU issue. In an original experimental survey of Bosnia and Herzegovina, I examine the effect of EU framing on support for the equal treatment of gay people, equal pay between women and men, and blame assigned to the government for policy outcomes regarding these rights. I find that EU frames affect blame towards …