Fair Trade and a Global Commodity

Fair Trade and a Global Commodity
Title Fair Trade and a Global Commodity PDF eBook
Author Peter Luetchford
Publisher Pluto Press (UK)
Pages 248
Release 2008
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN

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A critical account of the politics of aid-giving.

Fair Trade

Fair Trade
Title Fair Trade PDF eBook
Author Laura T. Raynolds
Publisher Routledge
Pages 324
Release 2007-06-11
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1134002629

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This book explores the challenges and potential of Fair Trade, one of the world’s most dynamic efforts to enhance global social justice and environmental sustainability through market based social change. Fair Trade links food consumers and agricultural producers across the Global North/ South divide and lies at the heart of key efforts to reshape the global economy. This book reveals the challenges the movement faces in its effort to transform globalization, emphasizing the inherent tensions in working both in, and against, the market. It explores Fair Trade’s recent rapid growth into new production regions, market arenas, and commodity areas through case studies of Europe, North America, Africa, and Latin America undertaken by prominent scholars in each region. The authors draw on, and advance, global commodity and value chain analysis, convention, and social movement approaches through these case studies and a series of synthetic analytical chapters. Pressures for more radical and more moderate approaches intertwine with the movement’s historical vision, reshaping Fair Trade’s priorities and efforts in the Global North and South. Fair Trade will be of strong interest to students and scholars of politics, globalization, sociology, geography, economics and business.

Fair Trade and Social Justice

Fair Trade and Social Justice
Title Fair Trade and Social Justice PDF eBook
Author Sarah Lyon
Publisher NYU Press
Pages 316
Release 2010-06-28
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0814796214

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Heroic Desire performs its title--bold, challenging, seductive, and compelling--a vital and exciting addition to the discourse on lesbian identities, their dissolves and perpetual becomings. Sure to incite and inspire." —Lynda Hart, Author of Fatal Women: Lesbian Sexuality and the Mark of Aggression "Right on the edge of exciting and daring new writing on lesbian representation. Moving beyond post- modernism's rejection of identity politics, Munt draws on a wealth of scholarship and personal reflection to refigure the heroic narrative in the service of lesbian liberation strategies. A thoughtful and thought- provoking book." —Esther Newton , State University of New York, Purchase "In Heroic Desire Sally Munt revisits identity politics through the figure of the lesbian hero. The result is one of the most exciting works of lesbian theory to appear in years. Written in a strong and engaging personal voice, Heroic Desire will excite, provoke, enlighten, and entertain the reader with this original insights into questions of lesbian identity, culture, and community." —Bonnie Zimmerman, San Diego State University

The Fair Trade Handbook

The Fair Trade Handbook
Title The Fair Trade Handbook PDF eBook
Author Gavin Fridell
Publisher Fernwood Publishing
Pages 260
Release 2021-10-01T00:00:00Z
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1773635085

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Framed within the common goal of advancing trade justice and South-North solidarity, The Fair Trade Handbook presents a broad interpretation of fair trade and a wide-ranging dialogue between different viewpoints. Canadian researchers in particular have advanced a transformative vision of fair trade, rooted in the cooperative movement and arguing for a more central role for Southern farmers and workers. Contributors to this book look at the issues within global trade, and assess fair trade and how to make it more effective against the broader structures of the capitalist, colonialist, racist and patriarchal global economy. The debates and discussions are set within a critical development studies and critical political economy framework. However, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers, as it translates the key issues for a popular audience. Includes : A Lively Bean that Brightens Lives: A Graphic Story by Bill Barrett and Curt Shoultz

Brewing Justice

Brewing Justice
Title Brewing Justice PDF eBook
Author Daniel Jaffee
Publisher Univ of California Press
Pages 432
Release 2014-09-12
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 0520282248

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Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But what does a fair-trade label signify? This vivid study of coffee farmers in Mexico offers the first thorough investigation of the social, economic, and environmental benefits of fair trade. Based on extensive research in Zapotec indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Brewing Justice follows the members of the cooperative Michiza, whose organic coffee is sold on the international fair-trade market, and compares them to conventional farming families in the same region. The book carries readers into the lives of coffee-producer households and communities, offering a nuanced analysis of fair trade’s effects on everyday life and the limits of its impact. Brewing Justice paints a clear picture of the dynamics of the fair-trade market and its relationship to the global economy. Drawing on interviews with dozens of fair-trade leaders, the book also explores the movement’s fraught politics, especially the challenges posed by rapid growth and the increased role of transnational corporations. It concludes with recommendations to strengthen and protect the integrity of fair trade. This updated edition includes a substantial new chapter that assesses recent developments in both coffee-growing communities and movement politics, offering a guide to navigating the shifting landscape of fair-trade consumption.

Fair Trade Without the Froth

Fair Trade Without the Froth
Title Fair Trade Without the Froth PDF eBook
Author Sushil Mohan
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2010
Genre Anti-globalization movement
ISBN 9780255366458

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The Theory of Fair Trade; Is Fair Trade Free Market?; Benefits & Detriments of Fair Trade; Alternatives to Fair Trade; Fair Trade as a Long-Term Development; Conclusion.

Hidden Hands in the Market

Hidden Hands in the Market
Title Hidden Hands in the Market PDF eBook
Author Peter Luetchford
Publisher Emerald Group Publishing
Pages 337
Release 2008-09-01
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1848550588

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Engages with a range of alternative ethical perspectives and the initiatives to which they give rise. This book features case studies that covers a range of places, commodities and initiatives, including Fair Trade and organic production activism in Hungary, Fair Trade coffee in Costa Rica and handicrafts made in Indonesia.