The European Union and the regulation of media markets
"European decision-making is eroding the national capacity to regulate for the public interest and has created a situation of regulatory arbitrage in Europe. 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 dismantlement 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."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2005
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, Manchester, New York, 2005
xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780719066443, 9780719066450, 0719066441, 071906645X
57441535
The evolution of EU media market regulation
Governing by judges
Competition law, beyond the boundaries of the politically possible
The commission, the parliament and media market regulation
Interest group participation in the policy process
Whither a European media market?
Engineering Europeanisation at the national level
Conclusion