"A finely detailed work of scholarship that is particularly strong
in its review of the various theories of political and regulatory
behavior."--Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
"Well worth recommending. Horwitz has unusual command over a
complex subject, writes with a real concern to set the historical
record straight, and, unlike many theorists in the area, has no
particular ideological axe to grind. His judgments are balanced and
nuanced, his curiosity keen, and his scholarship
deep."--Contemporary Sociology
"Horwitz has placed the entire history of telecommunications
regulation against a background of regulatory policy in general and
has written a very effective account of the history of
telecommunications regulation in general. The telecommunications
section in particular is first rate and won't be readily
superseded."--Brian Winston, Pennsylvania State University
"Ironies abound in this lucid critique of a reform movement that
has succeeded mainly in confounding its oddly coupled instigators.
With a merciful minimum of academic jargon, Horwitz probes the
many-splendored realities of deregulation....A cogent analysis of
the mischief that can occur when ideologues join forces to apply
political solutions to socioeconomic problems....For anyone
interested in how the law of unintended consequences works in the
real
world."--Kirkus Reviews
"A finely detailed work of scholarship that is particularly strong
in its review of the various theories of political and regulatory
behavior."--Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media
"Well worth recommending. Horwitz has unusual command over a
complex subject, writes with a real concern to set the historical
record straight, and, unlike many theorists in the area, has no
particular ideological axe to grind. His judgments are balanced and
nuanced, his curiosity keen, and his scholarship
deep."--Contemporary Sociology
"Horwitz has placed the entire history of telecommunications
regulation against a background of regulatory policy in general and
has written a very effective account of the history of
telecommunications regulation in general. The telecommunications
section in particular is first rate and won't be readily
superseded."--Brian Winston, Pennsylvania State University
"Ironies abound in this lucid critique of a reform movement that
has succeeded mainly in confounding its oddly coupled instigators.
With a merciful minimum of academic jargon, Horwitz probes the
many-splendored realities of deregulation....A cogent analysis of
the mischief that can occur when ideologues join forces to apply
political solutions to socioeconomic problems....For anyone
interested in how the law of unintended consequences works in the
real
world."--Kirkus Reviews
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