Critical Perspectives on International Business: Volume 8 Issue 4

Critical perspectives on Fair Trade: an introduction

Jane Gibbon, Martyna Śliwa

This editorial article aims to introduce the special issue of Critical Perspectives on International Business entitled “Critical perspectives on fair trade”.

Fair enough? Women and Fair Trade

Louise McArdle, Pete Thomas

This paper aims to consider the impact of Fair Trade on producers with particular reference to women involved in Fair Trade production.

Seeking to maintain the integrity of the fair trade model: a case study of Trade Aid importers

Christina Stringer

The movement of profit‐orientated corporations into the fair trade value chain has caused some socially orientated fair trade organizations to question the direction the movement…

Creating and maintaining Fair Trade: Meanings and practices of four Southern Fair Trade enterprises

Ann Le Mare

The purpose of this paper is to explore the meanings and business practices of four Southern Fair Trade enterprises (SFTEs).

The labour behind the (Fair Trade) label

Eileen Davenport, Will Low

This paper critically examines the marketing of fair trade, arguing that the use of the term producer conflates a number of categories of actors, not all of whom benefit equally…

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