Fair trade: A cup at a time?

被引：72

作者：

Levi, M ^{[1
]}

Linton, A ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Washington, Harry Bridges Chair Polit Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

来源：

POLITICS & SOCIETY | 2003年 / 31卷 / 03期

关键词：

Fair Trade; coffee; corporate accountability; norm change; social movements; worker-consumer alliances;

D O I：

10.1177/0032329203254862

中图分类号：

D0 [政治学、政治理论];

学科分类号：

0302 ; 030201 ;

摘要：

Fair Trade coffee campaigns have improved the lives of small-scale coffee farmers and their families by raising wages, creating direct trade links to farming cooperatives, and providing access to affordable credit and technological assistance. Consumer demand for Fair Trade certified coffee is at an all-time high, yet cooperatives that produce it are only able to sell about half of their crops at the established fair trade price. This article explores the reasons behind this gap between supply and demand and suggests ways to close it. The authors also offer some perspective on the limits of ethical consumption campaigns such as Fair Trade coffee.

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页码：407 / 432

页数：26