LEADER 03816nam 22006852 450 001 9910956301703321 005 20151005020621.0 010 $a1-107-30149-1 010 $a1-107-23591-X 010 $a1-107-30569-1 010 $a1-107-45404-2 010 $a1-107-31433-X 010 $a1-107-30658-2 010 $a1-107-30878-X 010 $a1-139-13688-7 010 $a1-107-31213-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001115143 035 $a(EBL)1113072 035 $a(OCoLC)828494285 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821321 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11509725 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821321 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10870477 035 $a(PQKB)10981533 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139136884 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1113072 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1113072 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10753026 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL515445 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001115143 100 $a20110815d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGlobal markets and government regulation in telecommunications /$fKirsten Rodine-Hardy, Northeastern University 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 207 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 08$a1-107-02260-6 311 08$a1-299-84194-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 177-194) and index. 327 $aUnderstanding global regulatory reform in telecommunications : a paradigm shift -- Why change the rules? explaining liberal telecom reform -- When and how do countries change the rules? econometric analysis of the timing of establishing independent regulators and privatizing telecom firms -- Regulatory reform in the central Europe : freer markets, European rules -- Northern European regulatory reform : liberal reform northern-style, "regulation-lite" -- Explaining change in a globalized world : international organizations and the emergence of networks and norms. 330 $aIn recent years, liberalization, privatization and deregulation have become commonplace in sectors once dominated by government-owned monopolies. In telecommunications, for example, during the 1990s, more than 129 countries established independent regulatory agencies and more than 100 countries privatized the state-owned telecom operator. Why did so many countries liberalize in such a short period of time? For example, why did both Denmark and Burundi, nations different along so many relevant dimensions, liberalize their telecom sectors around the same time? Kirsten L. Rodine-Hardy argues that international organizations ? not national governments or market forces ? are the primary drivers of policy convergence in the important arena of telecommunications regulation: they create and shape preferences for reform and provide forums for expert discussions and the emergence of policy standards. Yet she also shows that international convergence leaves room for substantial variation among countries, using both econometric analysis and controlled case comparisons of eight European countries. 517 3 $aGlobal Markets & Government Regulation in Telecommunications 606 $aTelecommunication policy 606 $aDeregulation 615 0$aTelecommunication policy. 615 0$aDeregulation. 676 $a384 686 $aPOL011000$2bisacsh 700 $aRodine-Hardy$b Kirsten$01843632 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956301703321 996 $aGlobal markets and government regulation in telecommunications$94425264 997 $aUNINA