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.
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