| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 266 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The historical convergence of local livelihoods, the global economy, and international politics -- Trade not aid : assessing fair trade's economic impact on cooperative members and their families -- Obligatory burdens : collaboration and discord within the cooperative -- The political economy of organic and shade-grown coffee certification, local livelihoods, and identities -- Managing the Maya : power in the fair-trade market -- Marketing the Maya : fair trade's producer/consumer relationships -- Conclusion : a fairer future |
| Summary |
We are told that simply by sipping our morning cup of organic, fair-trade coffee we are encouraging environmentally friendly agricultural methods, community development, fair prices, and shortened commodity chains. But what is the reality for producers, intermediaries, and consumers? This ethnographic analysis of fair-trade coffee analyzes the collective action and combined efforts of fair-trade network participants to construct a new economic reality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Coffee industry -- Guatemala
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Coffee -- Social aspects -- Guatemala
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Competition, Unfair -- Guatemala
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Coffee industry
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Coffee -- Social aspects
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Competition, Unfair
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Kaffeeproduktion
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Bauer
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Kaffeehandel
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Fairer Handel
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Maya
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Guatemala
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Guatemala
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2010042218 |
| ISBN |
9781607320586 |
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1607320584 |
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9781457110597 |
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1457110598 |
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9781457109515 |
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1457109514 |
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