Telecommunication Policy for the Information Age : From Monopoly to Competition
Editorial Reviews
Review
Mark S. Fowler, former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission : A factually rich analysis of telecommunication policymaking, Brock's book is the first insider's look at how policymakers struggled to mesh together economic efficiency, politics, markets, and technology to reach their goals--which often conflicted. After reading this carefully researched work by an outstanding academic who actually wound up in the fray, you will wonder how it was all accomplished.
Henry Geller, former administrator, NTIA : This is a clear, comprehensive, and brilliant analysis of the telecommunication policy process, since 1980, that has dealt with the transistion from monopoly to competition and is now reaching a climax in the pending Congressional legislation on the National Information Infrastructure.
Richard E. Caves : America's choices of policy toward telecommunication triggered a revolutionary reorganization and gain in this sector's efficiency, first in the United States, but prospectively worldwide. Brock's book carefully traces the decentralized policymaking process that brought this revolution about. It advances the existing literature in many ways, notably in a clear and comprehensive analysis of the role of network externalities.
Book Description
Gerald Brock develops a new theory of decentralized public decisionmaking and uses it to clarify the dramatic changes that have transformed the telecommunication industry from a heavily regulated monopoly to a set of market-oriented firms. He demonstrates how the decentralized decisionmaking process--whose apparent element of chaos has so often invited criticism--has actually made the United States a world leader in reforming telecommunication policy.
Telecommunication Policy for the Information Age : From Monopoly to Competition
Telecommunication Policy for the Information Age : From Monopoly to Competition,Gerald W. Brock,Harvard University Press,0674873262,Economics - General,Government - U.S. Government,Regulation Of Industry,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Technology & Industrial Arts,Telecommunications,Business & Economics / Economics / General
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