
Getting a Dial Tone
Telecommunications Liberalisation in Malaysia and the Philippines
Lorraine Carlos Salazar(Author)
ISEAS (Publisher)
Published on 30. January 2007
Book
Hardback
412 pages
978-981-230-382-0 (ISBN)
Description
A decade after the above quote, far reaching reforms in the telecommunications sector has dramatically changed the situation in both the Philippines and Malaysia. By looking at the institutions and actors that drove these changes, this book examines state capacity, market reform, and rent-seeking in the two countries. In doing so, the study challenges conventional depictions of the Malaysian and Philippine states. In Malaysia, although considered a strong state, patronage and rent-seeking played key roles in policy adoption and implementation.
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Ninety-nine percent of Filipinos are waiting for a telephone and the other one percent for a dial tone... - Lee Kuan Yew, November 1992.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Pasir Panjang
Singapore
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
854 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-230-382-0 (9789812303820)
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06/2018
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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Person
Lorraine Carlos Salazar is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Dilimann, Quezon City.