The fair trade scandal : marketing poverty to benefit the rich /

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This critical account of the fair trade movement explores the vast gap between the rhetoric of fair trade and its practical results for poor countries, particularly those of Africa. In the Global North, fair trade often is described as a revolutionary tool for transforming the lives of millions acro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sylla, Ndongo Samba
Other Authors: Leye, David Clément (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
International trade > Moral and ethical aspects.
Marketing > Moral and ethical aspects.
Produce trade > Developing countries.
Competition, Unfair.
Fair trade foods.
Price maintenance.
Commerce international > Aspect moral.
Marketing > Aspect moral.
Aliments équitables.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
Competition, Unfair
Fair trade foods
International trade > Moral and ethical aspects
Marketing > Moral and ethical aspects
Price maintenance
Produce trade
Developing countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • On the inequalities of the international trade system
  • The Fair Trade universe
  • Controversies around Fair Trade
  • Redeeming the free market as a solution to poverty: the limitations of the FT economic model
  • Looking for the global impact of Fair Trade.

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