Privatisation and Liberalisation in European Telecommunications: Comparing Britain, the Netherlands and France

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ISBN: 9780415180030 | 0415180031
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Copyright: 1/6/1999

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Privitisation and Liberalisation in European Telecommunicationslooks at comparative telecommunications regimes in the context of the European Community. It analyzes individual policy management and change in three diverse regulatory cultures: Britain, the Netherlands and France.

List of figures and tables

(1)

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

(36)

1.1 Introduction

(1)

1.2 The restructuring of public service industries in Western Europe

(3)

1.3 Traditional telecommunications regime: domestic monopoly / international cartel

(5)

1.4 Structural forces setting the national telecommunications agenda

(5)

1.5 Comparative analysis of telecommunications restructuring in Europe: global forces and domestic responses

(7)

1.6 Conceptual framework

(5)

1.7 Explaining governance transformation: an institutional perspective

(5)

1.8 Comparing telecommunications governance regimes across nations and across time: a research framework

(5)

2 International restructuring and national strategies and contingencies

(38)

2.1 Introduction

(1)

2.2 Comparative public policy studies

(5)

2.3 Comparative organisation studies

(5)

2.4 Comparative political economy

(5)

2.5 Gourevitch's integrative approach: five national variables

(20)

2.6 Summary

(2)

3 Structural forces challenging the European national telecommunications regime

(36)

3.1 Introduction

(1)

3.2 The ancien regime of telecommunications: public monopoly, PTT and rent-seeking coalitions

(8)

3.3 Technological (r)evolution

(4)

3.4 Globalisation and differentiation of communication markets

(5)

3.5 International deregulation

(6)

3.6 European integration

(9)

3.7 Summary and concluding remarks

108

(3)

4 The liberalisation, privatisation and regulatory reform of telecommunications in the UK: in care of the market?

111

(59)

4.1 Introduction

111

(1)

4.2 The wider political-economic setting of UK telecommunications

112

(7)

4.3 The politics of economic adjustment in the UK

119

(7)

4.4 Demonopolisation of telecommunications in the UK

126

(19)

4.5 The liberalisation of the UK telecommunications market

145

(6)

4.6 The privatisation of British Telecom

151

(12)

4.7 Regulatory reform of UK telecommunications policy

163

(5)

4.8 Summary and concluding remarks

168

(2)

5 The liberalisation, privatisation and regulatory reform of telecommunications in the Netherlands: in pursuit of a new consensus?

170

(55)

5.1 Introduction

170

(1)

5.2 The wider political-economic setting of Dutch telecommunications

171

(5)

5.3 The politics of economic adjustment in the Netherlands

176

(4)

5.4 Demonopolisation of telecommunications in the Netherlands

180

(19)

5.5 The liberalisation of the Dutch telecommunications market

199

(8)

5.6 The privatisation of KPN/PTT Telecom

207

(9)

5.7 Regulatory reform of Dutch telecommunications policy

216

(6)

5.8 Summary and concluding remarks

222

(3)

6 The liberalisation, privatisation and regulatory reform of French telecommunications: still in care of the state?

225

(54)

6.1 Introduction

225

(1)

6.2 The wider political-economic setting of French telecommunications

226

(10)

6.3 The politics of economic adjustment in France

236

(5)

6.4 Demonopolisation of telecommunications in France

241

(17)

6.5 The liberalisation of the French telecommunications market

258

(4)

6.6 The privatisation of France Telecom

262

(8)

6.7 Regulatory reform of French telecommunications policy

270

(5)

6.8 Summary and concluding remarks

275

(4)

7 A comparative institutional analysis of British, Dutch and French telecommunications policy

279

(28)

7.1 Introduction

279

(1)

7.2 Liberalisation, privatisation and regulatory reform of Dutch, French and UK telecommunications

280

(11)

7.3 Explaining the strategic responses of the UK, the Netherlands and France: domestic ruling coalitions and institutional constraints

291

(11)

7.4 Concluding remarks

302

(5)

8 Convergence and/or divergence in European telecommunications restructuring?

307

(15)

8.1 Introduction

307

(1)

8.2 Structural forces forging convergence and the persistence of national diversity

308

(7)

8.3 Suggestions for further research

315

(7)

References

322

(21)

Index

343

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