Telecommunications Regulation
Culture, Chaos and Interdependence Inside the Regulatory Process
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 1999
Book
Hardback
262 pages
978-0-415-19949-0 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'An excellent, thorough and well-researched contribution. - Doug Pitt, Telecommunications Policy 25 (2001) 271-276More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 s/w Tabellen
6 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-19949-0 (9780415199490)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Clare Hall | Christopher Hood | Colin Scott
Telecommunications Regulation
Culture, Chaos and Interdependence Inside the Regulatory Process
E-Book
08/2005
Routledge
€60.49
Available for download
Clare Hall | Christopher Hood | Colin Scott
Telecommunications Regulation
Culture, Chaos and Interdependence Inside the Regulatory Process
E-Book
08/2005
Routledge
€60.49
Available for download
Persons
Clare Hall, Colin Scott, Christopher Hood
Content
Part I: Introduction1. Ducts, poles and holes in the ground: the inner world of telecommunications regulation 2. The archaeology of a regulatory regime Part II: Culture and regulation3. Peculiar place, peculiar culture: organising and structuring the regulatory office Part III: The absolutist myth in regulation4. 'Oftel c'est moi': the role of the individual DGT 5. Oftel in space: interdependence and accountability Part IV: Decision-making6. 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 learnt10. Regulatory science, regulatory policy and possible regulatory futures Epilogue - OFTEL's fourth life-stage? New director general, New Labour, new rules of the game Glossary Bibliography