Privatisation and liberalisation in European telecommunications : comparing Britain, the Netherlands, and France / Willem Hulsink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hulsink, Willem, 1962-

Hulsink W Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 14.

Routledge studies in international business and the world economy ; 14

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication--Deregulation--Great Britain.

Telecommunication.

Telecommunication--Deregulation--Netherlands.

Telecommunication--Deregulation--France.

Privatization--Europe--Case studies.

Privatization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book 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 globalizing telecommunications in

Contents:

Cover; Privatisation and Liberalisation in European Telecommunications; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Restructuring of Public Service Industries in Western Europe; 1.3 Traditional Telecommunications Regime: Domestic Monopoly/international Cartel; 1.4 Structural Forces Setting the National Telecommunications Agenda; 1.5 Comparative Analysis of Telecommunications Restructuring in Europe: Global Forces and Domestic Responses; 1.6 Conceptual Framework; 1.7 Explaining Governance Transformation: an Institutional Perspective

1.8 Comparing Telecommunications Governance Regimes Across Nations and Across Time: a Research Framework2. International Restructuring and National Strategies and Contingencies; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Comparative Public Policy Studies; 2.3 Comparative Organisation Studies; 2.4 Comparative Political Economy; 2.5 Gourevitch's Integrative Approach: Five National Variables; 2.6 Summary; 3. Structural Forces Challenging the European National Telecommunications Regime; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Ancien Régime of Telecommunications: Public Monopoly, Ptt and Rent-seeking Coalitions

3.3 Technological (r)evolution3.4 Globalisation and Differentiation of Communication Markets; 3.5 International Deregulation; 3.6 European Integration; 3.7 Summary and Concluding Remarks; 4. The Liberalisation, Privatisation and Regulatory Reform of Telecommunications in the Uk: in Care of the Market?; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Wider Political-economic Setting of Uk Telecommunications; 4.3 The Politics of Economic Adjustment in the Uk; 4.4 Demonopolisation of Telecommunications in the Uk; 4.5 The Liberalisation of the Uk Telecommunications Market; 4.6 The Privatisation of British Telecom

4.7 Regulatory Reform of Uk Telecommunications Policy4.8 Summary and Concluding Remarks; 5. The Liberalisation, Privatisation and Regulatory Reform of Telecommunications in the Netherlands: in Pursuit of a New Consensus?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Wider Political-economic Setting of Dutch Telecommunications; 5.3 The Politics of Economic Adjustment in the Netherlands; 5.4 Demonopolisation of Telecommunications in the Netherlands; 5.5 The Liberalisation of the Dutch Telecommunications Market; 5.6 The Privatisation of Kpn/ptt Telecom; 5.7 Regulatory Reform of Dutch Telecommunications Policy

5.8 Summary and Concluding Remarks6. The Liberalisation, Privatisation and Regulatory Reform of French Telecommunications: Still in Care of the State?; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Wider Political-economic Setting of French Telecommunications; 6.3 The Politics of Economic Adjustment in France; 6.4 Demonopolisation of Telecommunications in France; 6.5 The Liberalisation of the French Telecommunications Market; 6.6 The Privatisation of France Télécom; 6.7 Regulatory Reform of French Telecommunications Policy; 6.8 Summary and Concluding Remarks

7. A Comparative Institutional Analysis of British, Dutch and French Telecommunications Policy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-342) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-33361-8

9786610333615

0-203-26583-1

0-203-02308-0

9780203023082

OCLC:

76898531