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Grounds for Agreement : the Political Economy of the Coffee Commodity Chain.

As the popularity of coffee and coffee shops has grown worldwide in recent years, so has another trend-globalization-which has greatly affected growers and distributors. This book analyzes changes in the structure of the coffee commodity chain over the period since World War II. It follows the typic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Talbot, John M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Theoretical and Methodological Grounds for the Analysis; 2. Material and Historical Grounds for the Analysis; 3. The Coffee Commodity Chain under u.s. Hegemony, 1945-1972; 4. Struggles over Regulation of the Chain, 1973-1989; 5. Globalization and Coffee Crises, 1990-?; 6. The Struggle for Control of the Instant Coffee Commodity Chain; 7. Outcomes of the Struggles: Where Does Your Coffee Dollar Go?; 8. Solutions? Specialty, Organic, and Fair-Trade Coffees.
  • Conclusion: Toward a Reregulated MarketBibliography; Index; About the Author.