Deregulation and Reregulation: Structural Change and the Adoption of "Performative" Norms in the German Telecommunications Sector

In this case, deregulation actually led to a more centralized and integrated regulatory structure. Gives reasons for this, concluding that `deregulation' implies no structural alteration of regulatory practice; the strategy is `context-specific'. Argues that what occurred in the German telecommunications sector represents a shift from public pedagogical norms to `performance' norms.