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Coffee / Gavin Fridell. by Fridell, Gavin. Polity Press, 2014. Call #: 382.41373 F898c Subjects Coffee industry.   Coffee -- Economic aspects.   Competition, Unfair.   Fair trade foods -- Social aspects.   Anti-globalization movement. Series Resources series (Polity Press) ISBN:  9780745670775 (pbk.) 9780745670768 (hc.) Description:  xi, 180 p. : ill., 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents:  The global market and coffee statecraft -- Making coffee -- Pro-poor regulation -- Coffee unleashed? -- Fair trade and corporate power -- Coffee and the non-developmental state. Summary:  "Coffee is one of the most valuable Southern Hemisphere exports, generating billions of dollars in corporate profits each year, even while the majority of the world's 25 million coffee families live in relative poverty. But who is responsible for such vast inequality? Many analysts point to the coffee market itself, its price volatility and corporate oligarchy, and seek to "correct" it through fair trade, organic and sustainable coffee, corporate social responsibility, and a number of market-driven projects. The result has been widespread acceptance that the "market" is both the cause of underdevelopment and its potential solution. Against this consensus, Gavin Fridell provocatively argues that state action, both good and bad, has been and continues to be central to the everyday operations of the coffee industry, even in today's world of "free trade". Combining rich history with an incisive analysis of key factors shaping the coffee business, Fridell challenges the notion that injustice in the industry can be solved "one sip at a time" - as ethical trade promoters put it. Instead, he points to the centrality of coffee statecraft both for preserving the status quo and for initiating meaningful changes to the coffee industry in the future. Gavin Fridell is associate professor and Canada Research Chair of International Development at Saint Mary's University in Nova Scotia."--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 382.41373 F898c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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