Fair Trade, Sustainability and Social Change

by Mark Hudson, Mara Fridell, Ian Hudson

Is fair trade a radical movement aiming to transform global systems of production and exchange, or is it a marketing niche that delivers small benefits to Southern farmers and a clean conscience to Northern consumers? Schisms currently opening between the US-based Fair Trade USA and the rest of the international fair trade movement are reflective of this choice. This book evaluates the extent to which fair trade is likely to be a transformative movement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137269847
• ISBN13: 9781137269843
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"