World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): Resurgence and the Development Agenda

Covering the World Intellectual Property Organization, this volume introduces a much ignored element of the contemporary structure of global governance to scholars of international political economy.

Christopher May discusses:

• how the World Intellectual Property Organization works, its antecedents and history
• the debates about the role and justification of intellectual property
• the role of WIPO within contemporary global politics
• the key elements of its relations with the World Tra...