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Book SynopsisA real-world assessment of Fair Trade's effectiveness. Drawing upon anthropological studies of a variety of regions and commodity systems including Darjeeling tea, coffee, crafts, and cut flowers, this title uses ethnographic case studies to assess whether the Fair Trade Movement is actually achieving its goals.
Trade Review"Fair Trade and Social Justice is a timely, comprehensive collection of research that will be of great value to anyone interested in trade, international development, or bureaucracy...the concise and well-chosen chapters will work wonderfully in the classroom, answering some well-known questions about the fair trade system, while stimulating future inquiry and debate." * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *
"This book is a significant contribution to the anthropological case study literature on fair trade that will give yuppies and more redical fair trade consumers, researchers and activists alike something to think about." -- Ian Hussey * Socialist Studies *
"A well-written, accessible, nicely balanced series of ethnographic casesfor those of us hungry to know more about the realities of fair trade on the ground, this volume is a nourishing meal of many courses." -- Peggy F. Barlett,Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology, Emory University
"This outstanding collection not only serves as an accessible introduction to Fair Trade but illuminates the gap between the sunny rhetoric and the actual practice. With ethnographic richness and nuance, the authors complicate our understanding of the market as a means of achieving economic and social justice." -- Lisa Markowitz, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Louisville
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 What's Fair? The Paradox of Seeking Justice through MarketsMark Moberg and Sarah LyonPart I : Global Markets and Local Realities 2 Fair Trade and the Specialty Coffee MarketJulia Smith 3 A New World? Neoliberalism and Fair Trade Farming in the Eastern CaribbeanMark Moberg 4 Fair FlowersCatherine Ziegler 5 Colonial Pasts and Fair Trade FuturesSarah BeskyPart II : Negotiating Difference and Identity in Fair Trade Markets 6 A Market of Our OwnMarketsSarah Lyon 7 Fractured TiesCatherine S. Dolan 8 Fair Trade Craft Production and Indigenous EconomiesPatrick C. WilsonPart III : Relationships and Consumption in Fair Trade Markets and Alternative Economies 9 Fair Money, Fair TradeFaidra Papavasiliou 10 Relationship CoffeesMolly Doane 11 Novica, Navajo Knock-Offs, and the 'Net: A Critique of Fair Trade Marketing PracticesKathy M'Closkey 12 Naming RightsJane Henrici About the ContributorsIndex
