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Space for stories: legislative narratives and the establishment of the US Space Force
Policy Sciences ( IF 3.8 ) Pub Date : 2022-05-03 , DOI: 10.1007/s11077-022-09455-5
Jonathan W. A. Ruff 1 , Gregory Stelmach 1 , Michael D. Jones 2
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In June 2018, President Trump directed the development of a sixth branch of the US Armed Forces—the Space Force—whose primary mission is to enhance the space operations of the USA and its allies. In this paper, we utilize the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) to examine legislative meso-level narratives surrounding the advocacy for and in opposition to the establishment of a US Space Force. After reviewing the literature on the NPF and US space-defense policy, we conduct a content analysis to discern the policy narratives within congressional testimonies encompassing the development of the Space Force. Included in this content analysis is a unique contribution to the NPF literature’s conceptualization of plot. Leveraging these data, we describe and analyze the policy narratives produced by Republicans and Democrats. Our main findings highlight significant partisan differences in the construction of narratives on the US Space Force, including contrasting viewpoints on the role of the Space Force, the setting of space as a domain of war, and military cooperation with commercial and international groups. We conclude with a discussion of the substantive implications of our findings, including the potential impacts of partisan narratives on the future role of the Space Force. Finally, we propose a new route to improve reliability in the study of NPF plots using a two-dimensional orientation to plot: policy outcome and time.



中文翻译:

故事的空间:立法叙事和美国太空部队的建立

2018 年 6 月,特朗普总统指示发展美国武装部队的第六个分支——太空部队——其主要任务是加强美国及其盟国的太空行动。在本文中,我们利用叙事政策框架 (NPF) 来研究围绕倡导和反对建立美国太空部队的立法中观层面的叙述。在回顾了有关 NPF 和美国太空防御政策的文献后,我们进行了内容分析,以辨别国会证词中包含太空部队发展的政策叙述。该内容分析包括对 NPF 文献情节概念化的独特贡献。利用这些数据,我们描述和分析了共和党人和民主党人的政策叙述。我们的主要发现强调了美国太空部队叙事结构的显着党派差异,包括对太空部队角色的不同观点、太空作为战争领域的设定,以及与商业和国际团体的军事合作。最后,我们讨论了我们的发现的实质性影响,包括党派叙事对太空部队未来角色的潜在影响。最后,我们提出了一种新的方法来提高 NPF 图研究的可靠性,使用二维方向 最后,我们讨论了我们的发现的实质性影响,包括党派叙事对太空部队未来角色的潜在影响。最后,我们提出了一种新的方法来提高 NPF 图研究的可靠性,使用二维方向 最后,我们讨论了我们的发现的实质性影响,包括党派叙事对太空部队未来角色的潜在影响。最后,我们提出了一种新的方法来提高 NPF 图研究的可靠性,使用二维方向情节:政策结果和时间。

更新日期:2022-05-05
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