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A global political economy of intellectual property rights : the new enclosures? / Christopher May.
2000
F 191 MAY.G
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Title
A global political economy of intellectual property rights : the new enclosures? / Christopher May.
Edition
Second reprint.
Description
xii, 200 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN
0415229049 HB
9780415229043 HB
9781136361173 electronic book
1136361170 electronic book
1299977006 ebk
9781299977006 ebk
9781315011233 e-book
1315011239 e-book
9780415229043 HB
9781136361173 electronic book
1136361170 electronic book
1299977006 ebk
9781299977006 ebk
9781315011233 e-book
1315011239 e-book
Alternate Call Number
F 191 MAY.G
Summary
"This volume considers the political construction of intellectual property, and how it is linked to the economics of knowledge and information in the contemporary global political economy. A Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights examines contemporary disputes about the ownership of knowledge resources - as in the cases of genetically modified foods, the music industry or the internet - and the problematic nature of the TRIPs agreement." "This book argues that there are solutions in the form of political moves to establish the social availability of information, and in reattaching property to the innovating individual. Christopher May reveals that, because of problems with the TRIPs agreement, at present the balance in international property rights between public good and private reward is, more often than not, weighted towards the latter."--Jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-195) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The emerging information society; Property in knowledge; Property, intellectual property, political economy; The argument in outline; 1 On institutions and property; Property as an institution; Justificatory schemata of property; Institutions as structures of knowledge; A model of change in the global political economy; A critique of intellectual property rights; 2 Developing intellectual property; Characterising property.
Series
Routledge/RIPE studies in global political economy.
Published
New York : Routledge, 2000.
Language
English
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Review
"This volume considers the political construction of intellectual property, and how it is linked to the economics of knowledge and information in the contemporary global political economy. A Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights examines contemporary disputes about the ownership of knowledge resources - as in the cases of genetically modified foods, the music industry or the internet - and the problematic nature of the TRIPs agreement." "This book argues that there are solutions in the form of political moves to establish the social availability of information, and in reattaching property to the innovating individual. Christopher May reveals that, because of problems with the TRIPs agreement, at present the balance in international property rights between public good and private reward is, more often than not, weighted towards the latter."--Jacket.