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The Irony of Regulatory Reform. Deregulation of American Telecommunications.
Robert Britt Horwitz
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Description for The Irony of Regulatory Reform. Deregulation of American Telecommunications.
Hardcover. This study examines the history of telecommunications - both telephone and broadcast - with particular reference to attempts to regulate these media in the USA. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 32. Weight in Grams: 755.
This book examines the history of regulation in telephone and broadcast telecommunications, and builds a compelling new theory of regulation. Against the backdrop of modern theory of the state, the author presents a sweeping survey of the history of regulation in America, identifying three distinct periods of regulatory genesis and three discrete types of agencies. He shows the underlying irony that while anti-regulation rhetoric was aimed at the so-called `social' regulatory agencies, in practice it has been the `economic' agencies which have been deregulated, often with vehement opposition from the industries affected. Horwitz unravels the complex mosaic of economic, ... Read more
This book examines the history of regulation in telephone and broadcast telecommunications, and builds a compelling new theory of regulation. Against the backdrop of modern theory of the state, the author presents a sweeping survey of the history of regulation in America, identifying three distinct periods of regulatory genesis and three discrete types of agencies. He shows the underlying irony that while anti-regulation rhetoric was aimed at the so-called `social' regulatory agencies, in practice it has been the `economic' agencies which have been deregulated, often with vehement opposition from the industries affected. Horwitz unravels the complex mosaic of economic, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195054453
SKU
V9780195054453
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Reviews for The Irony of Regulatory Reform. Deregulation of American Telecommunications.
A valuable contribution to understanding U.S. society of the 1990s....A well-crafted, important history of the politics, bureaucracy, and marketplace of telecommunications....An informative, thoroughly researched, and timely analysis of our cable news network society...Contributes significantly to the literature of partisan, policy, and systems politics, enhancing our understanding of the every-increasing complex relations between government...and business.
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