Title: Governing European communications : from unification to coordination /
Authors: Michalis, Maria, 1969-
Publisher: Lexington Books,
Year: 2007
Subjects: Communication policy Europe History
Abstract: "The liberalization of communications markets, especially from the 1980s onward, has led to increased regulatory activity within but also above the national state. By examining the European case - concentrating on the European Union, the most advanced example of regionalism - Governing European Communications enhances understanding of the trend toward above-the-national-state regulation, its drivers, and its limitations. Analyzing in detail the origins, dynamics, and evolution of European-level communications governance in the post war era. Maria Michalis offers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of telecommunications and television policies and regulation and their technological convergence."--Jacket.
Contents: Origins of European governance in communications: The formative years (late 1940s -- late 1960s) -- The crisis years: national capital and the search for European solutions and identity (late 1960s -- late 1970s) -- Defensive Europeanization: Industrial policy moves to Europe (late 1970s -- mid-/late 1980s) -- Liberalization and re-regulation: The high-peak of European governance? (mid-/late 1980s -- late 1990s) -- Competitiveness, knowledge economy and technological convergence: Toward policy coordination (Late 1990s to early 2007).