 | ISBN: 978-1-58826-244-8 $49.95 | |
| 2003/198 pages/LC: 2003047161 Explorations in Public Policy | ||
Contradicting current scholarly and popular accounts, Brainard demonstrates that new technologies do not determine policy outcomes, nor does the television industry always get its own way in the policy arena—in fact, public interest groups have been unusually successful at influencing television policy over the last thirty years. She concludes that the multifaceted political and social contexts in which television exists have resulted in incremental and incomplete deregulation punctuated by numerous episodes of reregulation and institutional warfare—thwarting all attempts at dramatice and decisive reform.
"A cogently written and closely argued book which suggests that 'common knowledge' can often be wrong."—Chris Sterling, Communication Booknotes Quarterly
"Brainard's book provides a strong basis for deeper examinations of change in the regulatory and the broader policy process.... The suggestive insights of Television: The Limits of Deregulation argue strongly for extending the analysis outward to other areas of regulation, indeed, to other areas of public policy."—Richard Harris, Perspectives on Politics
"This useful, well-documented book provides an alternative view of deregulation by presenting one case in detail. Highly recommended."—Choice