Wiring Europe: Reshaping the European Telecommunications Regime - Governance in Europe Series (Paperback)

Natalicchi adroitly exploits the telecommunications sector in his effort to unravel the 'polycentric' and 'multilayered' nature of the emerging Euro-polity. His findings are not going to comfort unequivocally either inter-governmentalists or neo-functionalists. Advocates of these competing approaches to European integration will discover, not just that the EU contains features of both, but that their significance varies over time. The accent in this path-breaking study is on the peculiar dynamics of policy making in which self-reinforcing and competitive mechanisms interact and change in their relative importance. Natalicchi is cautious about generalizing beyond the telecommunications sector, but I cannot imagine that there is a serious student of European integration who will not learn something from his analysis. -- Philippe C. Schmitter, Professor Emeritus, European University Institute
As a theoretically sophisticated and empirically insightful analysis of telecommunications policy, this book is a must for all interested in European regulatory policy and its impact. -- Adrienne Heritier, Max Planck Project Group
This is a well-written and well-researched work. It makes a major contribution to a growing field by linking regulation at different levels-international, EU, and national. * Governance *
This authoritative and balanced book makes a significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on telecommunications policy and the developing academic theoretical literature on the European Union. The research is extraordinarily careful and comprehensive. -- Alan Cafruny, Hamilton College