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The processes and practices of fair trade : trust, ethics, and governance / edited by Brigitte Granville and Janet Dine.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 108.
- Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; 108
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign trade regulation.
- International trade--Moral and ethical aspects.
- International trade.
- Competition, Unfair.
- Developing countries--Commerce.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book analyzes the factors behind the recent expansion of Fairtrade and questions whether the trust given to the scheme by ""ethical"" shoppers is warranted. It goes about this assessment by analyzing the claim of ethical shopping and by scrutinizing the specific contribution of the Fairtrade Certification Mark to producer's welfare. This assessment is based on information gathered in a mixture of desk-based research and fieldwork carried out in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Tanzania and South Africa. This book comprises separate chapters written by academics of various backgrounds, who
- Contents:
- pt. I. Overview and introduction
- pt. II. Governance and institutions
- pt. III. Trust and ethics
- pt. IV. Fairtrade in action.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-23180-3
- 1-283-64238-7
- 0-203-10068-9
- 1-136-23181-1
- 9780203100684
- OCLC:
- 813005297
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