The structure of the international telecommunications regime in transition: A network analysis of international organizations¹

Abstract

This paper examines the structure of the international telecommunications regime in terms of networks of social interaction and institutional affiliation among international actors. Social interaction and overlapping membership data of 69 international telecommunications organizations in theYearbook of International Organizations 1994/1995 are analyzed to describe the social structure of the international telecommunications system through network analysis. The analysis reveals a center-periphery structure with the Western industrial countries at the center and the less developed countries at the periphery. The international telecommunications system is also regionally structured suggesting influence by geopolitical and cultural proximity. The results indicate that inter-governmental global organizations such as the ITU and UNESCO play intermediate and coordinating roles at the central linking-pin positions 91 Downloaded by [Florida Atlantic University] at

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