The last three decades have witnessed significant European state reorganisation of established telecommunications administrations and the transformation of monopolistic markets to more open and regulated forms of competition. Prompted by structural advancements such as technological innovation, increasing demand for competitive and specialised services, together with the globalisation of business and European harmonisation and integration, these recent developments have marked a fundamental shift away from the traditional
organisation of this rapidly expanding industry as a national, state controlled affair. Privatisation and Liberalisation in European Telecommunications combines a detailed, sector-specific study of comparative telecommunications regimes set in the context of the EC, with an extensive historical and
empirical analysis of individual policy management and change as experienced by three diverse regulatory cultures, namely Britain, the Netherlands and France. By adopting a comprehensive analytical framework based on far-reaching literature, the author explores a wide range of theories, addressing key issues at the forefront of contemporary political and academic debate as: Do nation states matter in the globalising telecommunications industry? Does the common challenge of techno-global telecommunications restructuring elicit different national responses? What is the significance of a single-speed or multi-speed Europe in implementing telecommunications governance regimes? This book will be of interest to people studying in the fields of comparative and European
business, economics and politics.
By:
Willem Hulsink
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: No.14
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 840g
ISBN: 9780415180030
ISBN 10: 0415180031
Series: Routledge Studies in International Business and the World Economy
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 03 December 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Preface 1. Introduction 2. International Restructuring and National Contingencies 3. Structural Forces Challenging the European National Telecommunications Regime 4. The Liberalisation, Privatisation and Regulatory Reform of Telecommunications in the UK: In Care of the Market? 5. The Liberalisation, Privatisation and Regulatory Reform of Telecommunications in the Netherlands: In Pursuit of a New Consensus? 6. The Liberalisation, Privatisation and Regulatory Reform of French Telecommunications: Still in Care of the State? 7. A Comparative Institutional Analysis of British, Dutch and French Telecommunications Policy 8. Convergence and/or Divergence in European Telecommunications Restructuring?
