Globalization, the ‘Competition’ State and the Rise of the ‘Regulatory’ State in European Telecommunications*

Humphreys, Peter; Simpson, Seamus

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.00802.x

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“…Scholars have argued this for some time in the EU case (see e.g. Humphreys & Simpson ). The situation is different in minimalist RTAs: much in those regions continues to be regulated mostly at the national level.…”

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Making sense of the legal and judicial architectures of regional trade agreements worldwide

Duina

2015

Regulation & Governance

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Regional trade agreements (RTAs) constitute one of the most important elements of the international economic order. Researchers have accordingly embarked on comparative analyses of their design. Yet one fundamental question remains unanswered: how have officials in different RTAs responded to the challenge of regulatory misalignments among the member states? In this article, I turn to 10 of the most established RTAs in the world and document three types of responses. Some RTAs rely on the principle of mutual recognition or references to existing international standards; the same agreements also rely on technical dispute resolution mechanisms. Other RTAs, by contrast, make use of extensive harmonization and permanent courts charged with interpreting law. Yet a third group exhibits a hybrid design. This heterogeneity in legislative and judicial design invites explanation. I show that there is a remarkable correspondence between the legal traditions of the member states (common vs. civil law) and the design of RTAs. This correspondence undermines the claims of world polity theorists about the nature of the international order, but is consistent with other strands of sociological institutionalism and certain elements of rationalist and neoliberal institutionalism. I conclude by reflecting on the implications of different RTA designs for the regulation of everyday life in the member states, the World Trade Organization as an international regulatory body, and national sovereignty and democracy.

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Making sense of the legal and judicial architectures of regional trade agreements worldwide

Duina

2015

Regulation & Governance

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“…Networks have been shown to affect rule adoption across countries (Maggetti and Gilardi 2011;Maggetti and Gilardi 2014) via a process of regulatory coordination at the supranational level. Sociological perspectives have conceptualised networks as arenas where regulators can exchange information, opinions and experiences, and therefore learn from each other (Majone 1997;Humphreys and Simpson 2008;Sabel and Zeitlin 2008;Bianculli 2013). In a policy learning perspective, networked cooperation that is sustained over time enables regulators to experiment with the outcomes of their collaboration, to conceive new approaches to old and new problems (Sabel and Zeitlin 2012).…”

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The drivers of regulatory networking: policy learning between homophily and convergence

Vantaggiato

2018

J. Pub. Pol.

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The literature on transnational regulatory networks identified interdependence as their main rationale, downplaying domestic factors. Typically, relevant contributions use the word "network" only metaphorically. Yet, informal ties between regulators constitute networked structures of collaboration, which can be measured and explained. Regulators choose their frequent, regular network partners. What explains those choices? This article develops an Exponential Random Graph Model of the network of European national energy regulators to identify the drivers of informal regulatory networking. The results show that regulators tend to network with peers who regulate similarly organised market structures. Geography and European policy frameworks also play a role. Overall, the British regulator is significantly more active and influential than its peers, and a divide emerges between regulators from EU-15 and others. Therefore, formal frameworks of cooperation (i.e. a European Agency) were probably necessary to foster regulatory coordination across the EU.

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“…A process evident of this trend is the shift towards a market-driven corporatism in the regulation of public service broadcasting (PSB) (Harrison andWoods 2001, Freedman 2010). Many commentators see such a marketization of the media sector as a result of internationalization, neoliberal political moods (Hesmondhalgh 2005, Humphreys andSimpson 2008) and digitalization processes (van Cuilenburg andMcQuail 2003, Freedman 2006). This has been shown to be the case with public broadcasters in Germany (Steemers 1999), with public service television in Sweden (Bolin 2004) and with commercial PSB in the UK (Born 2003).…”

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Regulating commercial public service broadcasting: a case study of the marketization of Norwegian media policy

Sjøvaag

2012

International Journal of Cultural Policy

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This article looks at the issues facing the regulation of commercial public service broadcasting in Norway. A document analysis of the 2010 renegotiation process to renew TV 2's public service licence illuminates how a general marketization affects the regulation of the television sector. This process comments on Hallin and Mancini's model of democratic corporatism in the Nordic countries regarding the power of the state to regulate private media enterprises as cultural institutions. As such, the process of commercialization should include not only the broadcasting sector, but also the political sector. As part of a solution to retain TV 2's licence agreement, the government effectively had to re-regulate the cable distribution sector. This case study demonstrates not only the enduring strength and value of the public service institution in a political context, but also the extent to which regulation is guided by technical and economic forces to sustain democratic considerations.

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Globalization, the ‘Competition’ State and the Rise of the ‘Regulatory’ State in European Telecommunications*

Cited by 28 publications

References 40 publications

Making sense of the legal and judicial architectures of regional trade agreements worldwide

Making sense of the legal and judicial architectures of regional trade agreements worldwide

The drivers of regulatory networking: policy learning between homophily and convergence

Regulating commercial public service broadcasting: a case study of the marketization of Norwegian media policy

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