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The politics of intellectual property rights and access to medicines
- Title
- The politics of intellectual property rights and access to medicines / Valbona Muzaka.
- Author
- Muzaka, Valbona.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- ix, 181 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This book shows why contests over intellectual property rights and access to affordable medicines emerged in the 1990s and how they have been resolved so far. It argues that the current arrangement mainly ensures wealth for some rather than health for all, and points to broader concerns related to governing intellectual property solely as capital"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- International political economy series
- Uniform Title
- International political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- Subjects
- Intellectual Property
- Human rights > Health aspects
- Medical policy
- Commerce > legislation & jurisprudence
- Drug Discovery > legislation & jurisprudence
- Right to health
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International
- Social medicine
- Public Health > legislation & jurisprudence
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-176) and index.
- Contents
- The politics of intellectual property rights and access to medicines: some empirical and theoretical issues -- Intellectual property rights and pharmaceuticals -- Linking IPRs to trade: the making of TRIPs -- Contestations post-TRIPs and the emergence of the IP-access to medicines debate -- TRIPs revisited -- Shifting IP issues between regimes and Fora: contestations continued -- Conclusions.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-482
- ISBN
- 9780230235298 (hardback)
- 0230235298 (hardback)
- LCCN
- 2011001651
- OCLC
- YBP 2011001651
- Author
- Muzaka, Valbona.
- Title
- The politics of intellectual property rights and access to medicines / Valbona Muzaka.
- Imprint
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Series
- International political economy seriesInternational political economy series (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-176) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-482