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Universal service in a participatory democracy: A perspective from Australia
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Universal service in a participatory democracy: A perspective from Australia

J.D. De Reuck and R. Joseph
Government Information Quarterly, Vol.16(4), pp.345-352
1999
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Abstract

This article places universal service policy in telecommunications in Australia in an historical context. Given the dynamic growth in information technologies, universal service should be reconceptualized within a knowledge-based discourse critically linked to considerations for deepening participatory democracy. As a consequence of the discussion this article recommends that funding universal service obligations in telecommunications be based on the preferred notion of a maximally open democratic debate. The universal service obligation in telecommunications should be funded from consolidated revenue with its parameters set by democratic debate.

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6 Social Sciences
6.122 Economic Theory
6.122.503 Antitrust
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Information Science & Library Science
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Social Sciences, general
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