Fair Trade and a Global Commodity: Coffee in Costa Rica - Couverture souple

Luetchford, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745326986 ISBN 13 : 9780745326986

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2007

Synopsis

Book by Luetchford Peter

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Fair trade is widely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing community and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny. As with conventional coffee, Western demand for organic fair trade produce is largely met by more affluent individuals with larger landholdings. As a result, it is caught up in the conflicts of interest and resentments that are part of the coffee industry as a whole. Ultimately fair trade fails to escape divisions that characterise other forms of production and consumption. All growers are united in their criticism of the high margins accumulated by regional and transnational processors and exporters. Sustainability, just rewards and social cohesion have formed part of the world view of these agricultural communities for decades. This book shows how there is much common ground between the worlds of the commodity grower and the priorities of the fair trade movement - if not necessarily always in the ways we might suppose.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Peter Luetchford is a Lecturer at Sussex University.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0745326986
• ISBN 13: 9780745326986
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240