TRIPs in India

TRIPs in India is a political and institutional analysis of the change processes, brought about by requirements in the WTO TRIPs-agreement for stronger intellectual property protection (IPR) in India. While the book presents an in-depth and unique analysis of the political processes leading to amendments in the Indian patent legislation and how the pharmaceutical industry has reacted to this, it is moreover a critical case describing how global governance, brought about by supra-state institutions, de facto impact upon political - and company decisions in one of the world s major developing countries. The book map an important contemporary political process in India (1986-2005) and will especially cater for academics (and their students) in political science and globalisation studies who analyse the topic areas of political decision-making and conflicting interests between global and national political forces. The book will have interest as a comprehensive empirical work as well as discussing theoretical approaches to analyse global political events. Though the book is not a text book, it could be read at courses on graduate-level.

Autorentext

Wendt holds a Ph.D. in International Development from Roskilde University, Denmark and has worked several years as senior adviser on trade policy for the private sector and international organisations. Wendt is still teaching international economics and development and has published a number of articles and a textbook on IPR and access to medicine.