Globalisation, Convergence and European Telecommunications Regulation

Humphreys (social sciences, U. of Manchester, UK) and Simpson (information and communications, Manchester Metropolitan U., UK) analyze the achievements and limitations over 20 years of EU efforts to liberalize markets and to harmonize regulation. They explore the dynamics of the relationship between technological and globalization pressures, economic interests and European and national policy responses, examining in detail the EU's response to technological convergence in the information and communications sector. Among their findings is the emergence of distinct features of a regulatory state at the national and EU levels in the telecommunications sectors. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)