The Politics of Fair Trade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Fair Trade write by Sean D. Ehrlich. This book was released on 2018. The Politics of Fair Trade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Politics of Fair Trade argues that fair trade is more than just labels on specialty coffee products. Nor is fair trade just protectionism in disguise. Rather, fair trade is opposition to unrestricted trade based on sincere concerns about environmental and labor conditions abroad. Fair traders are not trying to protect jobs or the economy at home, but do not want to see workers exploited and the environment degraded in their trading partners. Academics and policymakers are ill equipped to deal with fair trade concerns because they wrongly assume trade preferences run along a single dimension from free trade to protection. This book introduces a multidimensional theory of trade policy preferences, arguing that people can oppose trade for different and unrelated reasons. The book then demonstrates, using public opinion data in the U.S. and EU and Congressional voting data in the U.S., that fair traders are sincere and not simply protectionists. The book demonstrates why fair trade poses a threat to free trade and argues that free traders should include stronger and enforceable labor and environmental standards in trade agreements in order to win the support of fair traders. Doing so will enable free trade to continue while also helping to improve conditions in developing countries, satisfying the concerns of both free traders and fair traders.
The Politics of Fair Trade
The Politics of Fair Trade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Fair Trade write by Meera Warrier. This book was released on 2011-04-19. The Politics of Fair Trade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Politics of Fair Trade will comprise chapters on relevant issues pertaining to fair trade, written by experts in the field; case studies of commodities involved in fair trade issues; and an A - Z of entries dealing with issues, organizations, disputes, and relevant countries with regard to fair trade. Essays include: Falling Foul of Fair Trade: The Politics of Supply Chains; The Politics of Fairer Trade: Marketing `Fairness' Through Brands; Branding Morality; Certification as Governance: Possibilities and Pitfalls; Fair Trade: A New Paradigm for Development. Case studies include: coffee; chocolate; handicrafts; textiles; rice. A - Z entries include: Bananas; Body Shop; Ethical Sourcing; Fairtrade Foundation; Multifibre agreement; Third World.
The Politics of Fair Trade
The Politics of Fair Trade - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Fair Trade write by Meera Warrier. This book was released on 2011-04-19. The Politics of Fair Trade available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Politics of Fair Trade is a brand new title that explores the current issues in fair trade, featuring in-depth analysis by the leading experts in this field. Edited by Meera Warrier, this exciting title boasts case studies of the key commodities involved in fair trade issues, plus an A-Z of entries dealing with issues, organizations, disputes, and relevant countries with regard to fair trade.
Coffee Activism and the Politics of Fair Trade and Ethical Consumption in the Global North
Coffee Activism and the Politics of Fair Trade and Ethical Consumption in the Global North - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Coffee Activism and the Politics of Fair Trade and Ethical Consumption in the Global North write by Eleftheria J. Lekakis. This book was released on 2013-08-22. Coffee Activism and the Politics of Fair Trade and Ethical Consumption in the Global North available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the politics borne of consumption through the case of coffee activism and ethical consumption. It analyses the agencies, structures, repertoires and technologies of promotion and participation in the politics of fair trade consumption through an exploration of the relationship between activism and consumption.
Slipping Away
Slipping Away - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Slipping Away write by Mark Moberg. This book was released on 2008. Slipping Away available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "During the 1990s, the Eastern Caribbean was caught in a bitter trade dispute between the US and EU over the European banana market. When the World Trade Organization rejected preferential access for Caribbean growers in 1998 the effect on the region's rural communities was devastating. This volume examines the "banana wars" from the vantage point of St. Lucia's Mabouya Valley, whose recent, turbulent history reveals the impact of global forces. The author investigates how the contemporary structure of the island's banana industry originated in colonial policies to create a politically "stable" peasantry. followed by politicians' efforts to mobilize rural voters. These political strategies left farmers dependent on institutional and market protection, leaving them vulnerable to any alteration in trade policy. This history gave way to a new harsh reality, in which neoliberal policies privilege price and quantity over human rights and the environment. However. against these challenges, the author shows how the rural poor have responded in creative ways, including new social movements and Fair Trade farming, in order to negotiate a stronger position for themselves in a shifting global economy."--BOOK JACKET.
