Fair Trade

Humanitarianism in the Age of Postcolonial Globalization

AvPeter van Dam

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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The fair trade movement has been one of the most enduring and successful civic initiatives to come out of the 1960s. In the first transnational history of the movement, Peter van Dam charts its ascendance and highlights how activists attempted to transform the global market in the aftermath of decolonization. Through original archival research into the trade of handicrafts, sugar, paper, coffee and clothes, van Dam demonstrates how the everyday, material aspects of fair trade activism connected the international politics of decolonization with the daily realities of people across the globe. He explores the different scales at which activists operated and the instruments they employed in the pursuit of more equitable economic relations between the global South and North. Through careful analysis of a now ubiquitous global movement, van Dam provides a vital new lens through which to view the history of humanitarianism in the age of postcolonial globalization.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-05-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:267
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009586252

Utforska kategorier

Entreprenörskap inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Affärsetik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Peter van Dam is Professor of Dutch History at the University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on the history of fair trade activism, sustainable consumption, and the role of religion in civic engagement.

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'These days 'fair trade' evokes associations of product labels and certification schemes. In his book Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Age of Postcolonial Globalization, Peter van Dam offers a rich historical account of the transnational fair trade movement. He shows how certification was only one of many strategies discussed by activists to make global trade relations more just. The movement was much more diverse than present-day associations might suggest and contestation about the goals and means of fair trade a constant in its history.' Liesbeth van de Grift, Utrecht University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: shaping postcolonial globalization from below; 1. Handicrafts: humanitarianism after empire; 2. Sugar: goodbye to grand politics; 3. Paper: the politics of everyday life; 4. Coffee: turning towards the market; 5. Clothes: activism in a network society; Conclusion: humanitarianism in the era of postcolonial globalization.