1. On institutions and (intellectual) property -- 2. Developing intellectual property -- 3. The TRIPs agreement and beyond -- 4. Intellectual property in the new millennium -- 5. The challenge of openness?.

This article looks at the claims made about the city's new workplace, where information-related endeavour is leading to a new world of work. However, this can only be regarded as a positive step in labour relations if the central role of intellectual property in the information age is forgotten...

Utilising data drawn from a study of a social service organisation, this article aims to understand the relationship between the rationale of organisational transformations and the professional status of social workers. It contains an examination of the original aims of Community Care...