Towards a Market in Broadcasting: Communications Policy in the UK and Germany Book

A Note on Language and Terminology Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations PART I: INTRODUCTION, THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Theorezing Broadcasting Marketization The Logic of Comparison PART II: DEVELOPMENTS AND TRANSITIONS IN BRITISH BROADCASTING From the Origins of Broadcasting to the Postwar Period (1920-45)
Welfare State and Broadcasting Duopoly (1945-55)
Social Demoratic Consensus and BBC2 (1955-64)
A Changing Society (1964-79)
The Turn to Market-Driven Politics (1979-90)
From Broadcasting to Communications Policy (1990-2003)
Ofcom, Public Value and Beyond (2003 onwards)
PART III: DEVELOPMENTS AND TRANSITIONS IN GERMAN BROADCASTING From the Origins of Broadcasting to the Postwar Period (1920-45)
From Partial Sovereignty towards Independence (1945-55)
Federal Government vs. Länder: The Battle for Broadcasting (1955-69)
From Public Oligopoly to Commercial Competition (1970-82)
The Start of Commercial Broadcasters / Competition (1982-89)
Reunification and Consolidation (1990-2004)
Centralized Governance, the Three Step Test and Beyond (2004 onwards)
PART IV: ASSESSING THE DYNAMICS OF BROADCASTING REGULATIONIN THE UK AND GERMANY Interdependencies between Public and Private Sector Centralization vs. Federalism: Implications and Responses The Market and the State Policy-Making, Continuity and Change Appendix 1: Interviews and Correspondence Appendix 2: Short Biographies of Interviewees Bibliography Index