Talking space: The European Commission's changing frames in defining Galileo
- 作者：Paul Stephenson p.stephenson@maastrichtuniversity.nl
- 关键词：European Commission ; Framing ; Agenda-setting ; Satellite navigation ; Trans-European networks ; Galileo
- 刊名：Space Policy
- 出版年：2012
- 期刊代码：167_02659646
- 类别：et
- 出版时间：May, 2012
- 卷：28
- 期：2
- 页码：86-93
- 文件大小：166 K
摘要
This paper traces the way in which the European Commission has framed and reframed the issue of EU satellite navigation over 20 years. It investigates how the EU's agenda-setter has 鈥榯alked about鈥?space policy, with a particular focus on Galileo, and how its own institutional discourse - as revealed in its communications throughout the agenda-setting stage of Galileo's 鈥榙efinition鈥?phase - evolved in the 1990s through the use of 鈥榝rame sets鈥? In so doing, it illustrates the ways in which, over time, the EU's executive has 鈥榩rojected鈥?the issue of independent satellite navigation capabilities as being politically and economically desirable for Europe, and has sought to persuade decision makers of its cross-policy relevance and potential economic, social and security benefits. The article deconstructs official documents and engages in a close-up analysis of policy formulation, to identify nascent, evolving and mature frames in the definition of Galileo.