The Politics of Telecommunications National Institutions, Convergences, and Change in Britain and France

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ISBN: 9780198280743 | 0198280742
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/16/2000

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This book examines and compares policy making in telecommunications in Britain and France over the last three decades. It confronts important questions related to liberalization, regulation and the role of the nation state in an increasingly international economy and analyzes the theoretical strengths and weaknesses of various models of public policy formation.

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Introduction: Telecommunications in Britain and France, National Institutions, and Change

(6)

National Institutions, Differences, Stability, and Change

(24)

Part I. The British and French Telecommunications Sector in 1969 and External Pressures For Change

The Roots of History: Telecommunications in Britain and France before 1969

(16)

Technological and Economic Pressures for Change in Telecommunications from the 1960s to the 1990s

(24)

Pressures for Change from the International Regulatory Environment of Telecommunications from the 1960s to the 1990s

(20)

Part II. Institutions and Policy Making 1969--1979

The Institutional Framework of the Telecommunications Sector in Britain and France 1969--1979: Divergence, Reform, and Standstill

(21)

Policy Making in the 1970s: Constraints in Britain, Boldness in France

112

(31)

Part III. Institutions and Policy Making 1980--1997

The Institutional Framework of Telecommunications 1980--1997: National Change, Divergence, and Differences

143

(29)

The Impacts of Institutional Change and Divergence on Policy Making: The Network Operators in Britain and France during the 1980s

172

(33)

Competition in Network Operation 1990--1996: Differing National Paths away from Monopoly

205

(23)

Policy Making in a New Field of Telecommunications: Advanced Networks and Services and Customer Premises Equipment from the Late 1970s to the Mid-1990s

228

(35)

Part IV. Economic Outcomes in Telecommunications 1970--1997

Economic Outcomes in the Telecommunications Sector in Britain and France 1970--1997: Convergence Despite Institutional Divergence

263

(42)

Part V. Conclusions

National Institutions, Policy, and Change

305

(19)

Appendix I: Persons Interviewed

324

(2)

Appendix II: The Use and Interpretation of Statistics in Chapter 11

326

(3)

Appendix III: Conversion Rates Used in Chapter 11

329

(2)

Bibliography

331

(19)

Glossary of Terms

350

(3)

Index

353

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The Politics of Telecommunications National Institutions, Convergences, and Change in Britain and France

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