Politics of intellectual property : contestation over the ownership, use, and control of knowledge and information / edited by Sebastian Haunss, Kenneth C. Shadlen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:1. Introduction: Rethinking the Politics of Intellectual Property Sebastian Haunss and Kenneth C. Shadlen2. The Post-TRIPS Politics of Patents in Latin America Kenneth C. Shadlen3. The Politics of Patents: Conditions of Implementation of Public Health Policy in Thailand Gaëlle Krikorian4. Illicit Seeds: Intellectual Property and the Underground Proliferation of Agricultural Biotechnologies Ronald J. Herring and Milind Kandlikar5. Who Speaks for the Tribe? The Arogyapacha Case in Kerala Sabil Francis6. Lobbying or Politics? Political Claims Making in IP Conflicts Sebastian Haunss and Lars Kohlmorgen7. Can Patent Legislation Make a Difference? Bringing Parliaments and Civil Society into Patent Governance Ingrid Schneider8. Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Movie Industry: Contemporary Political Conflicts in Germany Lars Bretthauer9. Who Benefits? An Empirical Analysis of Australian and US Patent Ownership Hazel V.J. Moir10. Timing, Continuity, and Change in the Patent System Sivaramjani Thambisetty Index

Revised texts from the workshop on the "Politics of Intellectual Property" for the 2008 Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR)