2001, ISBN: 1842771094

[EAN: 9781842771099], Usato, ottimo stato, [SC: 10.5], [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom], VANDANA SHIVA PROTECT OR PLUNDER UNDERSTANDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS GLOBAL … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781842771099], Usato, ottimo stato, [SC: 10.5], [PU: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom], VANDANA SHIVA PROTECT OR PLUNDER UNDERSTANDING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS GLOBAL ISSUES, Intellectual property rights, TRIPS, patents - they sound technical, even boring. Yet, as Vandana Shiva shows, what kinds of ideas, technologies, identification of genes, even manipulations of life forms can be owned and exploited for profit by giant corporations is a vital issue for our times. In this readable and compelling introduction to an issue that lies at the heart of the so-called knowledge economy, Vandana Shiva makes clear how this Western-inspired and unprecedented widening of the concept does not in fact stimulate human creativity and the generation of knowledge. Instead, it is being exploited by transnational corporations in order to increase their profits at the expense of the health of ordinary people, and the poor in particular, and the age-old knowledge and independence of the world's farmers. Intellectual protection is being transformed into corporate plunder. Little wonder popular resistance around the world is rising to the WTO that polices this new intellectual world order, the pharmaceutical, biotech and other corporations which dominate it, and the new technologies they are foisting upon us. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Books<

2001, ISBN: 9781842771099

Zed Books Ltd, 2001. Good. Former library book. No dust jacket. Different cover. Edition 2001. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations., Zed Book… Mehr…

Zed Books Ltd, 2001. Good. Former library book. No dust jacket. Different cover. Edition 2001. Ammareal gives back up to 15% of this book's net price to charity organizations., Zed Books Ltd, 2001, 2.5<