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

Thatcher, Mark

ISBN 10: 0198280742 / ISBN 13: 9780198280743

Published by OUP Oxford, 2000

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Synopsis:

This book confronts some of the most important questions related to liberalization, regulation, and the role of the nation state in an increasingly international economy. In the face of powerful transitional pressures for change, to what extent are states able to maintain stable institutional frameworks? Do different domestic structures generate dissimilar patterns of policy-making and economic performance? How important are past institutional choices to subsequent reform? The author addresses these questions through a study of the transformations of a strategic economic sector, telecommunications, in Britain and France over the past three decades. It analyses the theoretical strengths and weaknesses of various models of public policy formation and, the role and reform of national institutions and the continuing role of the nation state.

About the Author: Mark Thatcher is Lecturer in Public Administration and Public Policy, Department of Government, London School of Economics.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Politics of Telecommunications: National...
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good