Incorporating the Study of Knowledge into the IPE Mainstream, or, When Does a Trade Agreement Stop Being a Trade Agreement?

The treatment of knowledge—most notably commodified knowledge—as a source and vector of power potentially is a key blind spot in our understanding of the global political economy. This article offers a theoretical framework, based on the work of Susan Strange, for considering the relationship betwee...

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Published in:Journal of information policy (University Park, Pa.) Vol. 7; pp. 176 - 203
Main Author: Haggart, Blayne
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Pennsylvania State University Press 01.02.2017
Subjects:
Government
intellectual property
international trade
knowledge regulation
Law
Public Policy
Susan Strange
theory
ISSN:2381-5892, 2158-3897
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Summary:The treatment of knowledge—most notably commodified knowledge—as a source and vector of power potentially is a key blind spot in our understanding of the global political economy. This article offers a theoretical framework, based on the work of Susan Strange, for considering the relationship between what she called the “knowledge structure” and the other key sources of political and economic power—security, production, and finance. This framework is applied to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, demonstrating how a direct focus on knowledge governance reveals power relations and economic effects that are otherwise obscured.
ISSN:2381-5892
2158-3897
DOI:10.5325/jinfopoli.7.2017.0176