PALGRAVE SOCIOLEGAL STUDIES

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The desperate need for a vast part of the global population to access better medicines in more certain ways is one of the biggest concerns of the modern era. brbremPills for the Poorest/em offers a new perspective on the muchdebated issue of the links between intellectual property and access to medication. Using ethnographic case studies in Djibouti and Ghana and insights from actornetwork theory it explores the ways in which TRIPs and pharmaceutical patents are translated in the daily practices of those who purchase distribute and use (or fail to use) medicines in subSaharan Africa. It suggests that focusing on routine practices and the material deployment of intellectual property significantly enriches our understanding of the complex dynamics that animate the field of access to medicines and helps relocate the role of law within those processes. It demonstrates how intellectual property affects access to medicines in ways that are often discreet indirect and forgotten. By exploring these complex mechanisms it seeks to ask questions about the modes of actions of pharmaceutical patents but also more generally about the complexity odivbr/divdivbr/divdivbrEmilie Cloatre is a Senior Lecturer at Kent Law School University of Kent UK.divbr/divdivbr/divdivbrThe desperate need for a vast part of the global population to access better medicines in more certain ways is one of the biggest concerns of the modern era. brbremPills for the Poorest/em offers a new perspective on the muchdebated issue of the links between intellectual property and access to medication. Using ethnographic case studies in Djibouti and Ghana and insights from actornetwork theory it explores the ways in which TRIPs and pharmaceutical patents are translated in the daily practices of those who purchase distribute and use (or fail to use) medicines in subSaharan Africa. It suggests that focusing on routine practices and the material deployment of intellectual property significantly enriches our understanding of the complex dynamics that animate the field of access to medicines and helps relocate the role of law within those processes. It demonstrates how intellectual property affects access to medicines in ways that are often discreet indirect and forgotten. By exploring these complex mechanisms it seeks to ask questions about the modes of actions of pharmaceutical patents but also more generally about the complexity oInterdisciplinary crosses law sociology economics and public health brStrong international appeal brInnovative use of ActorNetwork Theory a methodology much of interest to academics and researchers brPart of the Palgrave Macmillan SocioLegaCloatres book is an insightful and valuable addition to not just sociolegal studies but also the broader literature on pharmaceuticals and the social implications of global trade. Pills for the Poorest demonstrates why and how methodological innovation beyond traditional and even so

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