Table of Contents

List of TablesPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Multiple Cooperations31The Study of Cooperation: Theoretical Issues172The European Space Agency and the Structure of Cooperation473The Practice of Cooperation: Working Together on Space Science Missions694Struggling with Diversity: The Social and Cultural Dynamics of Working Together1035Evasion and Responsibility: The Politics of Working Together1256Existential Worries: Excitement and Boredom in the Experience of Working Together1537Working Together Transformed: The Production of Technology and Cooperation179Epilogue: Sacred Cooperation and the Dreams of Modernity196Notes221References247Index259

Promotional Information

An important contribution to the growing new subdiscipline of the anthropology of science. -- David Hess, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stacia Zabusky has set herself the difficult task of describing how teams and individuals work together on highly complex and costly technical projects that require the dedicated cooperation of experts drawn from diverse national, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds. Modern methods of managing such efforts are apparent, but how far have we actually come since the Tower of Babel? That question makes Zabusky's book so universal and interesting. -- Martin Harwit, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution

About the Author

Stacia E. Zabusky is Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and Associate in Research at the Institute for European Studies, Cornell University.

Reviews

"An amusing as well as a serious examination of a vital issue of international research cooperation."--Historical Studies in the Physical and Sociological Sciences