Continentalizing Canadian telecommunications : the politics of regulatory reform / Vanda Rideout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rideout, Vanda, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication policy--Canada.

Telecommunication policy.

Telecommunication--Canada.

Telecommunication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (271 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rideout focuses on the protection of the public interest, a crucial element neglected by most recent studies, and shows that although alliances have been formed between labour, consumers, and public interest activists, significant disagreements over issues such as free trade, long distance and local competition, and a targeted subsidy program for very low-income Canadians have meant that this united front has not been able to counter the forces of the new neo-liberal telecommunication policy regime. Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications details the complex relationships between the various corporate and government interests, shows how the changes they brought about have locked Canada's telecommunications system into the orbit of the US system, and discusses the implications this has for Canadians.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

Telecommunications and the First National Policy

Canada’s Permeable Fordist Telecommunications Regime

Telecommunications Liberalization: Phase One

External and Internal Pressures on Canadian Telecom Policy Reform

Telecommunications Policy Liberalization and Centralization

Consumer and Public-Interest Resistance

Continentalizing Canadian Telecommunications

Conclusion

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86068-2

9786612860683

0-7735-7050-0

OCLC:

180704165