Brewing justice : fair trade coffee, sustainability, and survival /

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Fair trade is a fast-growing alternative market intended to bring better prices and greater social justice to small farmers around the world. But what does a fair-trade label signify? This vivid study of coffee farmers in Mexico offers the first thorough investigation of the social, economic, and en...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jaffee, Daniel, 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2014]
Edition:Updated edition with a new preface and final chapter.
Subjects:
Coffee industry > Developing countries.
Exports > Developing countries.
Competition, Unfair.
Coffee > Prices > Developing countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Coffee industry.
Coffee > Prices.
Exports.
Developing countries.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1. A Movement or a Market?
  • 2. Coffee, Commodities.
  • 3. One Region, Two Markets.
  • 4. The Difference a Market Makes: Livelihoods and Labor.
  • 5. A Sustainable Cup? Fair Trade, Shade-Grown Coffee, and Organic Production.
  • 6. Eating and Staying on the Land: Food Security and Migration.
  • 7. Dancing with the Devil?.
  • 8. "Mejor, Pero No Muy Bien Que Digamos": The Limits of Fair Trade.
  • 9. Strengthening fair trade.
  • Conclusion.

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