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P O L I T I C S A N D P O L I C Y The Illusive Trade-off Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation Systems, and Egypt’s Pharmaceutical Industry Basma Abdelgafar STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY AND PUBLIC POLICY The Egyptian pharmaceutical industry serves as a case study for understanding the impact of the global intellectual property regime in this fascinating new addition to the University of Toronto Press Studies in Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy series. The Illusive Trade-off examines the Egyptian pharmaceutical industry within a broader context of intellectual property policy making and the multilateral agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs). Basma Abdelgafar offers a fascinating discussion of Egypt’s role in the trade negotiations that led to the establishment of the World Trade Organization, and makes the case that predominant perspectives on intellectual property rights are based on the false assumption that the innovation process is discrete and segmented. Abdelgafar contends that, in fact, innovation relies upon diffusion, and that inappropriately strong property rights interfere with this process. She uses the case of Egypt’s pharmaceutical industry to argue that we must consider relevant aspects of individual countries’ systems of innovation as well as public health, if we are to adequately understand the implication of stronger patent protection for the pharmaceutical industries of developing nations. The Illusive Trade-off is an original and important study crossing the disciplines of political science, law, public policy, and public health. Basma Abdelgafar is an independent scholar living in Ottawa. She holds research positions at Carleton University and with the Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto. Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 2001 Edited by David Mutimer Long praised for its accuracy, readability, and insight, the Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs offers a synoptic appraisal of the year’s developments in Canadian politics. Much of the world, and many in Canada, celebrated a new century and a new millennium at the beginning of 2000. It was the year 2001, however, that truly seemed to herald a new age. 2001 was an eventful year, perhaps more so than any since 1989. With the events of September 11th, and in the months that followed, Canadian public life, as with the public life of so much of the world, was reconfigured. While more than half the year had passed, 2001 will continue to be defined by the attacks on the United States and by the responses that were taken by the United States and others, including Canada. Had the attacks of September not happened, 2001 might well have been remembered for the Summit of the Americas, bringing all but one of the heads of government in the Americas to Quebec City. The summit was held within an immense exclusion zone, and surrounded by protest – some violent. The Canadian Annual Review is unique in its collection and presentation of the year in politics. The combination of the calendar and the text offers a superb, easy-access reference source for political events, both federal and provincial. David Mutimer is a principal research fellow in the Centre for International Cooperation and Security, Department of Peace Studies, at the University of Bradford and an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at York University. Approx. 224 pp / 6 x 9 / December 2006 Cloth ISBN 0-8020-9180-6 / 978-08020-9180-2 £32.00 $50.00 E Approx. 304 pp / 6 x 9 / January 2007 Cloth ISBN 0-8020-9235-7 / 978-0-8020-9235-9 £65.00 $100.00 E 44
C R IG ME I NEO RLA OL GI Y N T& E RL EAW S T Money Laundering in Canada Chasing Dirty and Dangerous Dollars Margaret E. Beare and Stephen Schneider Money laundering is the process of converting or transferring cash or other assets, generated from illegal activity, in order to conceal or disguise their origins. In recent years, the international community has decided that focusing on money laundering is an efficient strategy in policing organized crime and, now terrorism. To this end, countries are encouraged to harmonize their policies and legislation and, to some extent, their policing strategies. Before adopting these new strategies, however, it is important to understand the extent of money laundering in different jurisdictions, as well as the likelihood of success and the costs involved in these anti-laundering strategies. This new work by Margaret E. Beare and Stephen Schneider brings empirical evidence to the study of money laundering in Canada – a topic that has recently assumed an international profile. They challenge the seemingly common sense notion, fueled by political posturing and policing rhetoric, that taking the profits away from criminals is a rational law enforcment strategy. Using data from police cases, the inner working of financial institutions, and the ‘successful’ claims of privilege from our legal profession, the final picture that the authors paint is of a good enforcement strategy run amuck amid conflicting interests and agendas, an overly ambitious set of expectations, and an ambiguous body of evidence as to the strategy’s overall merits. Margaret E. Beare is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Director of the Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Stephen Schneider is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Saint Mary’s University. Of related interest: Critical Reflections on Transnational Organized Crime, Money Laundering, and Corruption Edited by Margaret E. Beare 0-8020-8190-8 / 978-0-8020-8190-2 £22.50 / $34.95 / 2003 Approx. 320 pp / 6 x 9 / January 2007 19 illustrations Cloth ISBN 0-8020-9143-1 / 978-08020-9143-7 £48.00 $75.00 E Paper ISBN 0-8020-9417-1 / 978-08020-9417-9 £20.00 $32.95 C Photo courtesy Jordan Anderson and Stephen Kotowych. 45
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