Power and ideas : North-South politics of intellectual property and antitrust /

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Author / Creator:Sell, Susan K.
Imprint:Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998.
Description:1 online resource (xi, 289 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:SUNY series in global politics
SUNY series in global politics.
Subject:Intellectual property (International law)
Antitrust law (International law)
Technology transfer -- Law and legislation.
Transfert de technologie -- Droit.
Concurrence -- Droit international.
Propriété intellectuelle (Droit international)
LAW -- International.
Antitrust law (International law)
Intellectual property (International law)
International economic relations.
Technology transfer -- Law and legislation.
Recht van de intellectuele eigendom.
Antitrustwetgeving.
Kennisoverdracht.
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Geïndustrialiseerde wereld.
Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations.
Pays en voie de développement -- Relations économiques extérieures.
Developing countries.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11107643
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ISBN:0585089817
9780585089812
0791435768
9780791435762
9780791435755
079143575X
9781438419404
1438419406
0791435768
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-279) and index.
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Summary:The first comprehensive political-science treatment of the global politics and diplomacy of intellectual property and antitrust, with focus on relations between developing and industrialized countries.Once considered arcane issues, intellectual property protection and antitrust have emerged in the last decade as central items on national and international agendas. Susan K. Sell presents the first comprehensive book-length political science treatment of these issues. She analyzes the North-South politics and diplomacy of intellectual property protection and antitrust in two eras: from the early 1970s to 1985, and from 1985 to the present. For the first era, the book analyzes multilateral negotiations over codes of conduct for technology transfer, restrictive business practices, and intellectual property protection. For the second era, the book focuses on the spread of antitrust policies in developing countries, the use of coercive bilateral diplomacy by the United States in its quest to strengthen global intellectual property protection, and the Uruguay Round of trade talks.Power and Ideas provides historical perspective, a broad introduction to the issues, and an in-depth, substantive analysis of the global politics and diplomacy of intellectual property protection and antitrust. Sell highlights the profound changes underway in both developing and industrialized countries. Drawing upon international relations scholarship on the role of ideas, she emphasizes the importance of understanding how and why policy makers redefined their interests in these areas. By incorporating intersubjective dimensions of politics, the institutionalization of economic ideas, and power asymmetries, Sell explains significant trends that will shape international commerce for years to come. -- Provided by publisher
Other form:Print version: Sell, Susan K. Power and ideas. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1998 0791435768