Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology Volume 2
- The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- Part II Embodied Environmental Sociology
- Part III Beyond the Human
- Part IV Sustainability and Climate Change
- Part V Resources
- Part VI Food and Agriculture
- Part VII Social Movements
- 26 Alternative Technologies and Emancipatory Environmental Practice
- 27 The Global Fair Trade Movement: For Whom, By Whom, How, and What Next
- 28 Possibilities for Degrowth: A Radical Alternative to the Neoliberal Restructuring of Growth-Societies
- 29 Achieving Environmental Justice: Lessons from the Global South
- 30 Conclusion: Envisioning Futures with Environmental Sociology
- Index
- References
27 - The Global Fair Trade Movement: For Whom, By Whom, How, and What Next
from Part VII - Social Movements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2020
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology Volume 2
- The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- Part II Embodied Environmental Sociology
- Part III Beyond the Human
- Part IV Sustainability and Climate Change
- Part V Resources
- Part VI Food and Agriculture
- Part VII Social Movements
- 26 Alternative Technologies and Emancipatory Environmental Practice
- 27 The Global Fair Trade Movement: For Whom, By Whom, How, and What Next
- 28 Possibilities for Degrowth: A Radical Alternative to the Neoliberal Restructuring of Growth-Societies
- 29 Achieving Environmental Justice: Lessons from the Global South
- 30 Conclusion: Envisioning Futures with Environmental Sociology
- Index
- References
Summary
Activists have long used the market as a tool for empowering specific populations, sustaining the environment, and shifting cultural values. Today, these practices are commonly referred to as “ethical purchasing,” “political consumerism,” and “voting with your dollar.” The fair trade movement emerged in the 1940s as a way for consumers in the Global North to support populations in the Global South vulnerable to marginalization, exploitation, or oppression. Since then, the movement has grown in size, expanded in scope, and diversified in many ways. Today, it intersects with the organic movement, climate change advocacy, and other aspects of environmentalism. This chapter reviews the burgeoning fair trade literature, drawing heavily on publications from the past five years, to describe and discuss four provocative debates: 1) Fair trade for whom? 2) Fair trade by whom? 3) Fair trade through certification (or not)? and 4) What next for engaging capitalism and the state? After highlighting the perspectives and questions dominating each debate, this chapter offers several suggestions about the future of fair trade.
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