Power and ideas : North-South politics of intellectual property and antitrust / Susan K. Sell.
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TextSeries: SUNY series in global politicsPublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 289 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585089817
- 9780585089812
- 9780791435762
- 9780791435755
- 079143575X
- 9781438419404
- 1438419406
- 0791435768
- Intellectual property (International law)
- Antitrust law (International law)
- Technology transfer -- Law and legislation
- Developing countries -- Foreign economic relations
- Transfert de technologie -- Droit
- Concurrence -- Droit international
- Propri�et�e intellectuelle (Droit international)
- Pays en voie de d�eveloppement -- Relations �economiques ext�erieures
- LAW -- International
- Antitrust law (International law)
- Intellectual property (International law)
- International economic relations
- Technology transfer -- Law and legislation
- Developing countries
- Recht van de intellectuele eigendom
- Antitrustwetgeving
- Kennisoverdracht
- Ontwikkelingslanden
- Ge�industrialiseerde wereld
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- K1401 .S455 1998eb
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-279) and index.
Preface -- Figures and Tables – Introduction -- Power and Ideas -- Historical Perspective on Industrial Development, Technology Acquisition, and the Role of Governments -- Negotiations on an International Code of Conduct for the Transfer of Technology -- International Negotiations to Revise the Paris Convention on the Protection of Intellectual Property -- A Code of Conduct for the Control of Restrictive Business Practices -- Intellectual Property Protection and Antitrust in the Developing World: Crisis, Coercion, and Choice -- Conclusion
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
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