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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 14 books in this booklist
£17.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780745334240 | ISBN 10: 0745334245
The Fair Trade Scandal takes aim at the Fair Trade consumer movement which many assume to be entirely benign. Through a razor-sharp analysis based on insider knowledge, Ndongo Sylla shows that there is a big gap between the rhetoric of Fair Trade and ... more
View book details£5.95 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781856231701 | ISBN 10: 1856231704
Written by the co-founder of Fairtrade movement, Francisco Van der Hoff Boersma, this book uses models of Fairtrade and small-scale organic farming to explain why Fairtrade farmers don't need all the money and luxury that is deemed so important in th ... more
View book details£16.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780745330785 | ISBN 10: 0745330789
Fair Trade has come a long way in the last 20 years. The Fair Trade Revolution celebrates the movement's achievement and takes up the challenge of improving more lives through fair dealing with producers. Fair Trade is now mainstream, wi ... more
View book details£19.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781848133174 | ISBN 10: 1848133170
The Environmental Responsibility Reader is a collection of classic and contemporary environmental works that offer a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in environmental responsibility, steering the reader through each development in thoug ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781846040849 | ISBN 10: 1846040841
It started very small and full of hope. But its daring campaigns have placed Fairtrade goods at the heart of the supermarket shelves. From bananas and coffee beans to cotton and chocolate, Fairtrade has grown to become an important global movement th ... more
View book details£27.00 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780262524803 | ISBN 10: 0262524805
Our morning cups of coffee connect us to a global industry and an export crisis in the tropics that is destroying livelihoods, undermining the cohesion of families and communities, and threatening ecosystems. Confronting the Coffee Crisis expl ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781904456865 | ISBN 10: 1904456863
For many people, one of the most enjoyable pleasures is a delicious piece of chocolate. Chocolate is more than just a sweet. It’s a rich sensation; a comfort; a stimulant, and it’s good for you – in moderation. And of course chocolate is the magic in ... more
View book details£19.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780199219988 | ISBN 10: 0199219982
How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781851685219 | ISBN 10: 1851685219
What’s wrong with buying regular coffee? Does Fair Trade necessarily mean ethical trade? What impact can consumers have on global economics? Fair Trade: A Beginner’s Guide reveals why Fair Trade means more than just bananas, coffee, and chocola ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780745325842 | ISBN 10: 074532584x
Fair trade is a growing global movement. A huge and widening range of fair trade goods are now available in the shops. Why is fair trade so important? This book provides 50 reasons why buying fair trade delivers a host of benefits to people and the p ... more
View book details£29.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9781412901055 | ISBN 10: 1412901057
"Today, Fair Trade finds itself at a crucial point in its evolution from alternative trading mechanism to a mainstream economic model. As the only certifier in the largest Fair Trade market in the world, TransFair USA has observed the explosive growt ... more
View book details£17.99 paperback (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781565848412 | ISBN 10: 1565848411
Globalization affects our lives every day in myriad ways-often for the worse. Yet, as this eye-opening expose documents, the current terms of corporate-led globalization are not inevitable, merely one option being imposed by the powerful, secretive a ... more
View book details£27.99 paperback (2002) - ISBN 13: 9781859842065 | ISBN 10: 1859842062
In this path-breaking study, social economist Naila Kabeer examines the lives of Bangladeshi garment workers in Bangladesh and Britain to shed light on the question of what constitutes 'fair' competition in international trade. She argues that if th ... more
View book details£19.99 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9781856498654 | ISBN 10: 1856498654
Will free trade benefit transnational coporations or the millions who are currently malnourished? Will small farmers find new markets in the North? Or will they lose even their local markets to cheap, subsidized food from the North? Why should countr ... more
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