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OverviewAssesses and contrasts the roles of globalisation, institutions and ideas on policy-making in the EU Views the creation of liberalised European single markets in the telecommunications and electricity supply sectors out of national monopolies as an example of the dramatic transformation of economic organisation across Europe in the last twenty years Connects micro policy-making processes in two industrial sectors to macro international political economy Covers the period from the mid 1980s, when the single market came on the agenda, through the liberalising initiatives in the 1990s to the new regulatory framework in communications in 2002 and the 2003 directive on the full liberalisation of electricity by 2007 Will be of interest to anyone studying globalisation, European integration and policy-making, regulation and policy in utility sectors Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ian BartlePublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.503kg ISBN: 9780719066429ISBN 10: 0719066425 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 November 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction; Introduction; 1. Globalisation and policy-making in the European Union; Part II. EU policy-making and the primacy of techno-economic forces; 2. The changing techno-economic context: globalisation, the IT revolution and pressures for liberalisation; 3. From national monopoly to the liberalised single European market; 4. Globalisation and supranationalism: the impact of technology and markets on the Commission and transnational interests; 5. Globalisation and intergovernmentalism: the impact of technology and markets on national interests; Part III. EU policy-making and the primacy of institutions and ideas; 6. Institutions and EU policy-making; 7. Ideas and EU policy-making; 8. Conclusion: globalisation, institutions and ideas in the EU policy process.ReviewsAuthor InformationIan Bartle is Researcher in the School of Management at the University of Bath Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |