Fair Trade
Date
2015
Abstract
The encyclopedia entry provides an overview of fair trade, an approach to market exchange that emphasizes equity and sustainability above profit. It traces fair trade back to early discontent with nascent capitalism and the apparent breakdown of what E.P. Thompson termed "the moral economy" in 18th-century England. It looks at such examples as the anti-slavery sugar boycott, the American Free Produce Movement, and the solidarity economics of the Owenites and Rochdale Pioneers. It then looks at the four waves of fair trade since the Second World War. It concludes with an analysis of challenges and opportunities for fair trade to upgrade from a consumer alternative to mainstream global economic impact.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Larger Entity
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
Subject Terms
economy; sustainability; free trade; capitalism; equity; ethical consumption; economics
Peer-Reviewed
Yes
URL/Website
Files
Collection
Citation
Vince Carducci, “Fair Trade,” CCS Research Repository, accessed November 21, 2024, https://omeka.ccsdetroit.edu/items/show/41.