Getting a Dial Tone: Telecommunications Liberalisation in Malaysia and the Philippines

Author:   Lorraine Carlos Salazar
Publisher:   Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
ISBN:  

9789812303820


Pages:   412
Publication Date:   30 January 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Getting a Dial Tone: Telecommunications Liberalisation in Malaysia and the Philippines


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A decade after the above quote, far reaching reforms in the telecommunications sector has dramatically changed the situation in both the Philippines and Malaysia. By looking at the institutions and actors that drove these changes, this book examines state capacity, market reform, and rent-seeking in the two countries. In doing so, the study challenges conventional depictions of the Malaysian and Philippine states. In Malaysia, although considered a strong state, patronage and rent-seeking played key roles in policy adoption and implementation.

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Author:   Lorraine Carlos Salazar
Publisher:   Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Imprint:   Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.756kg
ISBN:  

9789812303820


ISBN 10:   9812303820
Pages:   412
Publication Date:   30 January 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Ninety-nine percent of Filipinos are waiting for a telephone and the other one percent for a dial tone... - Lee Kuan Yew, November 1992.


Ninety-nine percent of Filipinos are waiting for a telephone and the other one percent for a dial tone... - Lee Kuan Yew, November 1992.


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Lorraine Carlos Salazar is an Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of the Philippines, Dilimann, Quezon City.

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