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TECHNICAL BASE, INTERESTS, AND POWER
IN THE TWO-LEVEL GAME OF
INTERNATIONAL TELECOM STANDARDS SETTING:
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHINA’S INITIATIVES
by
Zhou Liuning
___________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirement for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(COMMUNICATION)
December 2007
Copyright 2007 Zhou Liuning
Object Description
| Title | Technical base, interests, and power in the two-level game of international telecom standards setting: the political economy of China's initiatives |
| Author | Zhou, Liuning |
| Author email | liuningz@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Communication |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-10-17 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Restricted until 31 Oct. 2009. |
| Date published | 2009-10-31 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Aronson, Jonathan |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Bar, François Tang, Shui Yan |
| Abstract | Current literature on international telecom standards setting ignores the two-level game nature of the technical process, and also fails to address current telecom standards-setting initiatives in China. This study addressed these two gaps from a theoretical and empirical perspective. In the study, I propose, using Robert Putnam's two-level game metaphor, a domestic-global linkage model to theorize the development of national telecom standards into international ones, arguing that international telecom standards setting is a two-level game involving standards setters, network operators, and bureaucrats at national and international levels. I also argue that three key factors -- technical base, interests, and power -- interact with each other in transitioning national standards into international standards.; Two case studies of China's recent standards initiatives are provided: TD-SCDMA for third-generation mobile communications and WAPI for wireless networking. These case studies present the developmental background of the two Chinese standards under study, analyzing the reasons for their setbacks from a two-level game perspective.; I contend that conflicting interests and unbalanced power among Chinese actors diminished the influence of the local standards setter, and as a result, the competing interests and stronger political-economic power of international competitors subjected China's initiatives to rules of international trade, causing the Chinese standards to suffer setbacks in the international standards arena.; The TD-SCDMA case reveals that a telecom standard with a comparable technical base may succeed in its global adoption efforts when it has strong domestic interests and power behind it. The WAPI case shows that a telecom standard with a comparable technical base can fail in its global adoption efforts when it has weak domestic interests and power behind it.; Conceptually, I theorize that interests and power interact with a technical base at national and international levels to influence the outcome of international telecom standards-setting initiatives. Thus, national telecom standards must make a domestic-global linkage to become international standards.; For empirical analysis, I provide a systematic, comprehensive study of the political economy of China's telecom standards-setting efforts within a global framework. |
| Keyword | international telecom standards setting; two-level game; technical base; interests; power; TD-SCDMA; WAPI |
| Geographic subject (country) | China |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m901 |
| Rights | Zhou, Liuning |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Zhou-20071031 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Zhou-20071031.pdf |
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| Full text | TECHNICAL BASE, INTERESTS, AND POWER IN THE TWO-LEVEL GAME OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOM STANDARDS SETTING: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF CHINA’S INITIATIVES by Zhou Liuning ___________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (COMMUNICATION) December 2007 Copyright 2007 Zhou Liuning |
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