- Additional Authors
- Miller, Debra A.
- Description
- 1 online resource (202 p.)
- Series Statement
- Current controversies series
- Uniform Title
- Fair trade (Online)
- Current controversies.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Is fair trade a beneficial policy? Fair trade helps to transform the lives of poor farmers / Rachel Dixon ; Fair trade is effective and rewarding / Anne O'Loughlin ; Fair trade can help stop global warming / Zarah Patriana ; The fair trade movement has begun to challenge injustices in the global trading system / Zarrin T. Caldwell ; Fair trade is unfair to most poor farmers / Marc Sidwell ; Many workers at fair-trade-certified tea estates do not receive fair trade benefits / Parminder Bahra ; Retailers may benefit the most from fair trade / Frances Stead Sellers ; Fair trade labels are misleading -- Should fair trade be extended to large companies? Chapter overview / Zarrin T. Caldwell and Christopher Bacon ; Fair trade should not be dominated by large corporations / Wasim Salman ; The interest of large companies in fair trade is a sign of growing ethical consumption / Jeff Chu ; Some large companies are abusing fair trade certification / Rodney North ; Nestle's decision to market fair trade coffee should be welcomed / Mallen Baker ; Expanding fair trade threatens to reverse the gains of the alternative trade movement / Nicholas Reid ; The mainstreaming of fair trade will expand the movement toward ethical trading / Alicia Erickson ; Large corporations are threatening fair trade principles / Laura Raynolds and Douglas Murray -- Is fair trade compatible with free trade? Chapter overview / Daniel W. Drezner ; Fair trade and free trade are two sides of the same coin / Phil Goff ; Fairer trade is the middle ground between protectionism and a completely free market / Devin T. Stewart ; Fair trade policies go beyond free trade to promote long-term global economic growth / Bama Athreva ; Global development can come only through free trade, not fair trade / Janet Daley ; Freer trade is the way to make trade fairer / Herbert Oberhaensli ; Fair trade is impossible under capitalism / Shamus Cooke -- How can the fair trade system be improved? Agricultural trade must be transformed to help small farmers and boost fair trade / Pacific Ecologist ; An independent watchdog is needed to regulate the global food market / Chris Mercer ; A new label could better help people in developing countries / Evelyn Spence.
- LCCN
- 2009039165
- OCLC
- ssj0000919455
- Title
Fair trade [electronic resource] / Debra A. Miller, book editor.
- Imprint
Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2010.
- Series
Current controversies series
Current controversies.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Miller, Debra A.