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The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines

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  • © 2011

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  1. Valbona Muzaka

    1. Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK

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Part of the book series: International Political Economy Series (IPES)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. The Politics of Intellectual Property Rights and Access to Medicines: Some Empirical and Theoretical Issues

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    Pages 1-17

  3. Intellectual Property Rights and Pharmaceuticals

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    Pages 18-37

  4. Linking IPRs to Trade: The Making of TRIPs

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    Pages 38-59

  5. Contestations Post-TRIPs and the Emergence of the IP—Access to Medicines Debate

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    Pages 60-84

  6. TRIPs Revisited

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    Pages 85-108

  7. Shifting IP Issues between Regimes and Fora: Contestations Continued

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    Pages 109-123

  8. Conclusions

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    Pages 124-137

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 138-181
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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

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'This is a masterly example of how the international political economy in which we all live should be analysed. Muzaka takes the highly technical and deeply complicated issue of intellectual property rights and access to affordable medicines and reveals with great acuity and skill the politics that shapes the way decisions are taken and power wielded in this important arena of policy. She has produced a study that is both empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated.' Anthony Payne, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK

    Valbona Muzaka

About the author

VABONA MUZAKA Lecturer in Global Politics in the Department ofPolitics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK, and a visiting researcher in the Department of Politics, University of Stockholm, Sweden.

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