The European Union and the Regulation of Media Markets

This book assesses the potential EU media regualtion provides for market growth and the protection of media pluralism, the citizen and ultimately democracy itself. These opportunities are presented in the coming decade with the devloping European Constitution, EU enlargement, and the implementation and revision of European regulation.

List of contents

1. Evolutions in the EU approach to regulating communications markets
2. Governing by judges
3. Competition law, beyond the boundaries of the politically possible
4. The Commission, the Parliament and media market regulation
5. Interest group participation in the policy-process
6. Whither a European media market?
7. Engineering Europeanisation at the national level
8. Conclusion

About the author

Alison Harcourt is a senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Exeter

Product details

• Authors: Alison Harcourt, Harcourt Alison
• Assisted by: Simon Bulmer (Editor), Dimitris Papadimitriou (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2006
• EAN: 9780719066450
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-6645-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 390 g
• Series: European Policy Studies (Paper; European Politics; European Policy Studies (Paper
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, EU (European Union), Media, Information & Communication Industries, Press regulation; European media; the EU; media policy