Abstract
Telecommunications reform is now a global phenomenon, with privatization and usaional competition challenging traditional communications policies. Such reforms inevitably reflect and contribute to constructing new relationships between state, industry and citizenry. In Brazil, an industrial power where telecommunications is seen as critical to development, policy reform was initiated with multichannel television. The process of shaping cable television legislation showcased civic activists' struggle to establish a role for the Brazilian public in the policy process. This was a struggle that involved reconceptualizing the public itself, often invoking Habermas, and striking new and sometimes improbable alliances.
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