Research Catalog

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

• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
• Human rights > Health aspects
• Drug Discovery > legislation & jurisprudence
• Right to health
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International
• Social medicine
• Medical policy
• Intellectual Property
• Public Health > legislation & jurisprudence
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy
• Commerce > legislation & jurisprudence

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- 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 -- Bibliography.

ISBN

• 9780230235298 (hardback)
• 0230235298 (hardback)

LCCN

2011001651

OCLC

• ocn682892237
• 682892237
• SCSB-8856553

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries