The fair trade scandal : marketing poverty to benefit the rich / Ndongo Samba Sylla ; translated by David Clément Leye.
This book 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 S. Sylla reveals the gap between the rhetoric of Fair Trade and its practical results. Sylla shows empirically that Fair Trade excludes t...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English French |
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Athens, Ohio :
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2014.
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| Summary: | This book 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 S. Sylla reveals the gap between the rhetoric of Fair Trade and its practical results. Sylla shows empirically that Fair Trade excludes those who need it the most and that its benefits are essentially captured by the wealthiest groups in the supply chain. Based on his experience of working for Fairtrade International, Sylla shows the flaws in the Fair Trade system which compromise its ethical mission. This is a provocative and informative exploration of the Fair Trade phenomenon. -- from back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published 2013 by Harmattan Senegal as Le Scandale commerce équitable: le marketing de la pauvreté au service des riches. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 179 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-171) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1783710136 9781783710133 |