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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807908403321

Autore

Hall Clare <1960->

Titolo

Telecommunications regulation : culture, chaos, and interdependence inside the regulatory process / / Clare Hall, Colin Scott, and Christopher Hood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2000

ISBN

1-280-14362-2

0-203-98453-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 253 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Routledge advances in management and business studies

Altri autori (Persone)

ScottColin (Colin D.)

HoodChristopher <1947->

Disciplina

343.4109/94

Soggetti

Telecommunication - Law and legislation - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Telecommunications Regulation; Copyright Page; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1. Ducts, poles and holes in the ground: the inner world of telecommunications regulation; 2. The archaeology of a regulatory regime; Part II: Culture and regulation; 3. Peculiar place, peculiar culture: organizing and structuring the regulatory office; Part III: The absolutist myth in regulation; 4. 'Oftel c'est moi': the role of the individual DGT; 5. Oftel in space: interdependence and accountability; Part IV: Decision-making; 6. Regulatory decision styles

7. Price controls and numbering administration: Cartesian-bureaucratic issue-processing episodes; 8. Regulating anti-competitive conduct and not regulating hotel phone pricing: adhocratic chaotic issue-processing episodes; 9. Complaint-handling, licence enforcement and anti-competitive conduct II: bargaining diplomatic issue-processing episodes; Part V: Lessons learnt; 10. Regulatory science, regulatory policy and possible regulatory futures; Epilogue; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using unprecedented access to the key actors inside the UK Office of Telecommunications (OFTEL) and supporting interviews, this book explores how telecommunications regulation works from the inside.