Fair trade : the challenges of transforming globalization
by
 
Raynolds, Laura T., 1959-

Title
Fair trade : the challenges of transforming globalization

Author
Raynolds, Laura T., 1959-

ISBN
9780415772020
 
9780415772037

Publication Information
London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2007.

Physical Description
240 p. ; 23 cm.

General Note
Formerly CIP.

Contents
1. Globalization and its antinomies : negotiating a Fair Trade movement / Douglas L. Murray and Laura T. Raynolds -- 2. Fair/alternative Trade : historical and empirical dimensions / Laura T. Raynolds and Michael A. Long -- 3. Fair Trade in the agriculture and food sector : analytical dimensions / Laura T. Raynolds and John Wilkinson -- 4. Northern social movements and Fair Trade / Stephanie Barrientos, Michael E. Conroy and Elaine Jones -- 5. Fair Trade bananas : broadening the movement and market in the United States / Laura T. Raynolds -- 6. Fair Trade coffee in the United States : why companies join the movement / Ann Grodnik and Michael E. Conroy -- 7. Mainstreaming Fair Trade in global production networks : own brand fruit and chocolate in UK supermarkets / Stephanie Barrientos and Sally Smith -- 8. Southern social movements and Fair Trade / John Wilkinson and Gilberto Mascarenhas -- 9. Fair Trade coffee in Mexico : at the center of the debates / Marie-Christine Renard and Victor Perez-Grovas -- 10. The making of the Fair Trade movement in the South : the Brazilian case / John Wilkinson and Gilberto Mascarenhas -- 11. Fair Trade and quinoa from the southern Bolivian Altiplano / Zina Caceres, Aurelie Carimentrand and John Wilkinson -- 12. Reconstructing fairness : Fair Trade conventions and worker empowerment in South African horticulture / Sandra Kruger and Andries Du Toit -- 13. Fair Trade : contemporary challenges and future prospects / Laura T. Raynolds and Douglas L. Murray.

Abstract
"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. This text will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, globalization, sociology, geography, economics, and business."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term
International trade.
 
Competition, Unfair.

Added Author
Raynolds, Laura T., 1959-
 
Murray, Douglas L., 1947-
 
Wilkinson, John, 1946-

Electronic Access
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IIEMSAGeneral Books33168025443322382.104 R274F 20072