The Invisible Resource
Use and Regulation of the Radio Spectrum
1st Edition
Published on 19. January 2011
Book
Hardback
460 pages
978-1-61726-070-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book both describes and criticizes the regulatory policies of the Federal Communications Commission (F.C.C.). If accepted, these criticisms would result in a comprehensive alteration of current F.C.C. policies.
Originally published in 1971
Originally published in 1971
Reviews / Votes
'...very useful data for students of public policy...will stand for some time as the authoritative treatment of its specialized subject.'American Political Science Review
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
851 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61726-070-4 (9781617260704)
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Content
Introduction; One: The Spectrum System; I: Economic and Physical Character of the Radio Spectrum; II: Major Components of the Spectrum System; III: The Goals of National Spectrum Management; Two: Alternatives in Spectrum Allocation and Management; IV: Freely Transferable Rights; V: Toward a Regulated Market-Type System with Prices; VI: New Administrative Techniques; VII: The Case for Secondary Rights; Three: The Level of Spectrum Development; VIII: Spectrum Scarcity and Technological Change; IX: Government's Role in Spectrum Development: The Record; Four: Allocation, Regulation, Prices, and Service; X: The Rationale of Competitive Alternatives in Common Carrier Rate Regulation; XI: Competitive Alternatives in Practice; XII: Broadcast Allocations in Theory and Fact; XIII: The Effects of Broadcast Licensing; Four: Conclusion