The European Union and the Regulation of Media Markets

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Manchester University Press, 2005 - 258 pages
National broadcasting and press regulation is undergoing a process of convergence in Europe. This book, newly available in paperback, explains how this process has been shaped by the actions of the European Union (EU) institutions.Alison Harcourt observes that whilst communications is one of the EU's most successful policy areas, European decision-making is eroding the national capacity to regulate for the public interest. European-level efforts to protect public interest goals have been constrained by the European Treaties. The author argues that increased European coordination in public interest regulation could be more conducive to growth and competitiveness than the dismantling of existing national laws. This, however, would require changes to the political composition of the European Union.This book assesses the potential EU media regulation 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 developing European Constitution, EU enlargement, and the implementation and revision of European regulation.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
2
18
Competition law beyond the boundaries of the politically
41
The Commission the Parliament and media market regulation
62
Interest group participation in the policy process
103
Whither a European media market?
151
Engineering Europeanisation at the national level
158
Conclusion
199
European Court of Justice and Court of First
218
Treaties of the European Union
229
Index
254
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