Record Nr.

UNINA9910783112603321

Autore

Sell Susan K.

Titolo

Private power, public law : the globalization of intellectual property rights / / Susan K. Sell [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003

ISBN


1-107-13567-2
1-280-43056-7
0-511-17930-8
1-139-14877-X
0-511-07396-8
0-511-07378-X
0-511-32612-2
0-511-49166-2
0-511-07386-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 218 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in international relations ; ; 88

Disciplina

346.04/8

Soggetti

Intellectual property

Foreign trade regulation

Lobbying

International business enterprises - Political activity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Structures, agents, and institutions -- US intellectual property rights in historical perspective -- The domestic origins of a trade-based approach to intellectual property -- The Intellectual Property Committee and transnational mobilization -- Life after TRIPS: aggression and opposition -- Conclusion: structured agency revisited.

Sommario/riassunto

Susan K. Sell's book shows how power in international politics is increasingly exercised by private interests rather than governments. In 1994 the WTO adopted the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), which dictated to states how they should regulate the protection of intellectual property. This book argues that TRIPS resulted from lobbying by twelve powerful CEOs of

multinational corporations who wished to mould international law to protect their markets. This book examines the politics leading up to TRIPS, the first seven years of its implementation, and the political backlash against TRIPS in the face of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Focusing on global capitalism, ideas, and economic coercion, this work explains the politics behind TRIPS and the controversies created in its wake. It is a fascinating study of the influence of private interests in government decision-making, and in the shaping of the global economy.