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Is Fairtrade Fair?

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  • © 2013

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Authors:
  1. Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl

    1. University of Sydney, Australia

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    Pages 1-5

  3. What’s Fair about Fair Trade

    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    Pages 6-26

  4. The Market: An Unequal Exchange?

    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    Pages 27-48

  5. The Birth of a Movement and Trade Alternative

    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    Pages 49-69

  6. Fairtrade: Peeling Back the Label

    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    Pages 70-88

  7. Fairtrade Coffee: A Niche Market

    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    Pages 89-105

  8. Fairtrade Impacts on Coffee Producers

    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    Pages 106-124

  9. Ethical Consumption: Revolution from Within?

    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    Pages 125-140

  10. Conclusion

    • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl
    Pages 141-144

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 145-168
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Evaluates the capacity of Fairtrade® labeling to enhance the livelihoods of marginalized producers in developing countries. It looks critically at the evolution of fair trade values and markets, including its somewhat controversial engagement with conventional businesses, and problematizes the role of the "ethical consumer."

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  • University of Sydney, Australia

    Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl

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ELISABETH VALIENTE-RIEDL is a Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Australia. She teaches two interdisciplinary postgraduate programs: the Master of Human Rights and the Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (Asia-Pacific). Her research focuses on the role and limitations of international markets in fostering poverty alleviation and wellbeing in developing countries.

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