1st Edition

The Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights, 2nd ed The New Enclosures

By Christopher May Copyright 2010
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

The first edition established itself as one of the leading books to situate the issue of intellectual property within the discipline of International Political Economy (IPE). Since its publication, intellectual property has continued to rise up the global agenda, reflecting expanding interest in the area among policy-makers and advocacy groups, linked to the increasingly fraught politics of the... Read more

Introduction  1. On Institutions and (Intellectual) Property  2. Developing Intellectual Property  3. The TRIPs Agreement and Beyond  4. Intellectual Property in the New Millennium  5. The Challenge of Openness?  Conclusion: Reification, Hypocrisy and Political Economy

Biography

Christopher May