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From National Hierarchies to International Standardization: Modal Changes in the Governance of Telecommunications

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  • Genschel, Philipp
  • Werle, Raymund

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The emergence of large technical systems like railroads, telecommunication networks or power grids was closely associated with hierarchical governance. Despite the success of hierarchical structures in promoting the development of these systems they have recently come under strain. They are suspected of being too slow, too cumbersome, and too unimaginative to deal with the complexity and turbulence of modern technology. Practical people as well as academics look for functional alternatives. One of the alternatives is the decentralisation of technical control via standards. The paper investigates this alternative by analysing the role that standards have achieved in telecommunications after the hierarchical order was eroded by globalisation and deregulation. It discusses how the demise of hierarchy has boosted the ‘demand’ for standards and how the institutional infrastructure for standardisation was adapted to meet this demand.

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  • Genschel, Philipp & Werle, Raymund, 1993. "From National Hierarchies to International Standardization: Modal Changes in the Governance of Telecommunications," Journal of Public Policy, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(3), pages 203-225, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jnlpup:v:13:y:1993:i:03:p:203-225_00
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    1. Genschel, Philipp, 1995. "Standards in der Informationstechnik: Institutioneller Wandel in der internationalen Standardisierung," Schriften aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung Köln, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, volume 22, number 22.
    2. Werle, Raymund & Leib, Volker, 1999. "The Internet society and its struggle for recognition and influence," MPIfG Working Paper 99/12, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    3. Genschel, Philipp, 1995. "The dynamics of inertia: Institutional persistence and institutional change in telecommunications and health care," MPIfG Discussion Paper 95/3, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.
    4. Werle, Raymund, 2000. "Institutional aspects of standardization: Jurisdictional conflicts and choice of standardization organizations," MPIfG Discussion Paper 00/1, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

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