Denationalization and Agencifcation of Net Neutrality Policy in Lithuania

Author: Deimantas Jastramskis

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This paper focuses on the making of communications policy in Lithuania, specifcally regarding net neutrality. The study employs a multiple stream model to analyze the conditions of the political process and the activity of political actors. The paper claims that the Lithuanian communications policy has become essentially denationalized since the country’s accession to the European Union. The issue of net neutrality policy has been framed in the context of EU policy, while the national agenda of net neutrality policy lost its signifcance. The denationalization of the net neutrality policy-making was harmonized with the agencifcation of policy formulation stage.

Key words: broadband internet, communications policy, multiple streams model, Net Neutrality, Regulation
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