The politics of postal transformation : modernizing postal systems in the electronic and global world / Robert M. Campbell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Campbell, Robert Malcolm.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Postal service--Government policy.

Postal service.

Physical Description:

xxi, 494 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2002]

Summary:

The postal system is a multi-billion dollar industry and one of the world's largest employers. Until recently it has been controlled by government-owned monopolies designed to provide universal postal service. However, in response to technological and international competition as well as public disenchantment with subsidies and inefficiencies, governments have embraced a range of new strategies. The Politics of Postal Transformation investigates the most important policy innovations that have been instituted to match domestic political expectations with international and technological realities. Robert Campbell's comparative analysis provides recommendations for policy-makers around the world and lays the foundation for informed speculation about the possible future domination of the system by a select group of postal behemoths.

Contents:

Part 1 The Mercantile Model

1 The Netherlands 47

2 Germany 75

Part 2 The Market Model

3 Finland 114

4 Sweden 144

5 New Zealand 182

Part 3 The National Model

6 Denmark 223

7 France 245

8 Canada 271

Part 4 The Hybrid Model

9 The United Kingdom 333

10 Australia 370.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0773522840 :

0773523685

OCLC:

47947977