Deregulating Telecommunications: U.S. and Canadian Telecommunications, 1840-1997 / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 0847698254
ISBN-13:: 9780847698257
Pub. Date:: 09/26/2000
Publisher:: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

ISBN-10:: 0847698254
ISBN-13:: 9780847698257
Pub. Date:: 09/26/2000
Publisher:: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

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Overview

Deregulating Telecommunications critically examines the transition from monopoly to competition in the U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industries. Accessibly written with a minimum of technical language, this thorough yet concise book looks at the history of the telephone industry, its regulation, and over a century of related public policy. Featured are discussions of the roles of public sector institutions, private sector actors, and processes and policies concerning rates, subsidies, licensing, and rules governing interconnection of networks, among other key issues. This valuable comparative analysis shows the U.S. influence on Canadian policy, offers insights on the policymaking processes in both countries, and moves us toward a better critical understanding of the contemporary telecommunications environment.

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ISBN-13:	9780847698257
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/26/2000
Series:	Critical Media Studies: Institutions, Politics, and Culture
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.94(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Kevin G. Wilson is professor of communications at Télé-université, the distance learning university of the Université du Québec.

Chapter 1 General Introduction Part 2 Part I: From Competition to Monopoly: The Consolidation and Regulation of U.S. and Canadian Telecommunications (1846-1946) Chapter 3 Introduction to Part I Chapter 4 Telegraph and Telephone: The Birth and Consolidation of the U.S. Telecommunications Industry (1840-1936) Chapter 5 Telegraph and Telephone: Building the Canadian Telecommunications Mosaic (1846-1946) Chapter 6 The Regulation of the Telephone Industry As a Public Utility: History, Theory, and Practice Chapter 7 Conclusion to Part I Part 8 Part II: From Monopoly to Competition: The Deregulation of U.S. and Canadian Telecommunications (1946-1997) Chapter 9 Introduction to Part II Chapter 10 The Power of Ideas: The Beginning of the End of Monopoly in Telecommunications Chapter 11 Step By Step toward Deregulation in the United States Chapter 12 Local Network Competition and the Deregulation of Enhanced Services in the United States Chapter 13 The Canadian Approach to Deregulation Chapter 14 From Enhanced Services to Local Network Competition: The Canadian Approach Chapter 15 Conclusion to Part II Chapter 16 General Conclusion Chapter 17 Bibliography

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Editorial Reviews

Kevin G. Wilson's study of the United States and Canadian telecommunications industries succeeds admirably in its stated purpose of making the complex, interdisciplinary knowledge of telecommunications policy accessible to students of communications.

Prometheus

With a fascinating historical approach, Deregulating Telecommunications is a unique and comprehensive comparative sketch of a complex dynamic in the telecommunication private and public sectors and the regulatory process in the United States and Canada. It fills an existing gap in the related literature and is a must-read book for students of communication policy, legal professionals, and communication scholars in general.

Abbas Malek

This intellectually robust treatise reminds us that yesterday's answers are largely irrelevant for today's conundra and inappropriate to solve tomorrow's dilemmas.

Telecommunications Policy

Kevin Wilson's Deregulating Telecommunications offers a superior introduction to the history and evolution of telecommunication policymaking in the United States and Canada. As media, computing, and telecommunications continue their inexorable convergence, an understanding of telecom policymaking will be mandatory for all scholars and students of media and communication. This book is where they should begin their search.

Robert W. McChesney

Deregulating Telecommunications is a thoughtful, well-grounded analysis of the regulatory transformation in this arena, one that provides academics, policymakers, and lawyers useful ways to understand not just the past but the emerging landscape. The comparative approach provides rich opportunities to understand the context and implications of policy choices.

Patricia Aufderheide

At a time when scholars, policymakers, and active citizens everywhere are compelled to think about the future shape of telecommunications in the new global information environment, Kevin Wilson reminds us how important it is to understand clearly where our national regulatory regimes came from, how they have evolved, and what forces have made them the way they are.

Marc Raboy

At this critical time when the telecommunications industries in the United States and Canada are converging, Wilson’s book provides a vital overview of how the industry evolved and how it was shaped by changes in technology, corporate strategy, government policy, and public intervention.

Vincent Mosco

This volume provides an excellent survey of the development of the U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industries, and describes how they were regulated under traditional regulation of natural monopolies. Wilson succeeds in his goal. He provides a detailed, but readable, historical analysis of regulatory change in the U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industries. This book is best used in telecommunications management and policy courses. Upper-division undergraduate through faculty collections.

Choice Reviews

This volume provides an excellent survey of the development of the U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industries, and describes how they were regulated under traditional regulation of natural monopolies. Wilson succeeds in his goal. He provides a detailed, but readable, historical analysis of regulatory change in the U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industries. This book is best used in telecommunications management and policy courses. Upper-division undergraduate through faculty collections.

Choice

This volume provides an excellent survey of the development of the U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industries, and describes how they were regulated under traditional regulation of natural monopolies. Wilson succeeds in his goal. He provides a detailed, but readable, historical analysis of regulatory change in the U.S. and Canadian telecommunications industries. This book is best used in telecommunications management and policy courses. Upper-division undergraduate through faculty collections.

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