Beschreibung:
A significantly updated and revised second edition which provides a detailed analysis of how intellectual property is politically constructed and linked to the economics of knowledge and information in the contemporary global political economy.
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