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Introduction

In: Is Fairtrade Fair?

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  • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl

    (University of Sydney)

Abstract

In recent years we have witnessed an upsurge in the debate over international trading rules and practices, with advocates of ‘fair trade’ both actively critiquing the integrity of a ‘free trade’ system and promoting alternative strategies for global exchange. This has emerged with increasing intensity through awareness of the important relationship between global trade and development. One of the strengths of this debate is that it has questioned the integrity of the dominant economic orthodoxy, in terms of both free trade principles and practices: does ‘free’ trade support a process of development? Yet this is perhaps the one question that fails to be understood or tested with reference to fair trade arguments that advocate alternative trade practices: does ‘fair’ trade support a process of development? While there appears little room for doubt on the first question, can consumers feel certain that their ‘Fair Trade’ purchases will resolve the ills of the global trading system?

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  • Elisabeth Valiente-Riedl, 2013. "Introduction," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Is Fairtrade Fair?, chapter 1, pages 1-5, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-28451-8_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137284518_1
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