Conflicts in the Knowledge Society: The Contentious Politics of Intellectual Property: 20 (Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law, Series Number 20) - Hardcover

Haunss, Sebastian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107036429 ISBN 13: 9781107036420

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

In Conflicts in the Knowledge Society, Sebastian Haunss demonstrates how conflicts relating to the international system of intellectual property have resulted in new cleavages in the knowledge society. Furthermore, he argues that new collective actors have emerged from these conflicts with the ability to contest the existing dominant order. With a focus on political opportunity structures, collective action networks and framing strategies, he combines a theoretical discussion of social change in the knowledge society with empirical analyses of four recent developments: software patents in Europe, access to medicines, Creative Commons licensing and Pirate Parties.

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About the Author

Sebastian Haunss is a senior researcher in political science at the University of Bremen, where his research interests are social conflicts and political mobilisations in the knowledge society, changes in political and economic legitimacy, social networks and social movements.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107036429
• ISBN 13: 9781107036420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300