{"product_id":"fair-trade-reform-and-realities-in-the-international-trading-system-9781856490740","title":"Fair Trade: Reform and Realities in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe landscape of the world economy is changing rapidly, including new and much more powerful roles for the IMF and World Bank, as well as the rapid growth of wider free trade areas in North America and Europe. Current global trading arrangements, however, involve serious obstacles for exporters from the South as well as rivalries between the major economies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book explores how the international trading system came into existence, the ways in which commodity markers work today, and why the poor countries of the South are facing not \u003ci\u003efree\u003c\/i\u003e trade, but \u003ci\u003eunfair \u003c\/i\u003etrade\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. It traces the stages of the world's economic development which has resulted in a this stark imbalance between North and South, following the chain of trade from crop to shop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book's lessons are relevant to students, policy makers, and all those interested in a world trading system built on more than market muscle and the profit motive - a system that serves the interests of ordinary people everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book full of originality which offers an alternative theory and an alternative programme to those currently being imposed on the weak by the strong.'\u003cbr\u003eRobin Murray, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Unfair Trade\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Introduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The World Division of Labour in Historical Perspective\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Division of World Resources Between Rich and Poor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The World Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. The Role of the Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. The Middlemen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Making Trade Fairer\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. Regulating the Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. Aiding the Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. Centrally Planned Trade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. A Parallel Trading System\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Alternative Trade: In and Against the Market\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. What Can be Done Now?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: Alternative Trading Organisations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary of Acronyms and Technical Trade Terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51020752257367,"sku":"9781856490740","price":34.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781856490740.jpg?v=1750784292","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fair-trade-reform-and-realities-in-the-international-trading-system-9781856490740","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}