ISBN: 1783710144 9781783710140

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Page count: 179

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of acronyms and abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 On the Inequalities of the International Trade System -- International trade: a lever for a minority, a handicap for the majority -- The problem with primary specialisation: a look back on unequal exchange -- Biased practices... -- ... facilitated by asymmetric game rules -- Conclusion -- 2 The Fair Trade Universe -- A brief history of the movement -- Introduction to the Fair Trade system: The role of FLO -- The marketing success of FT: some figures -- The war of labels -- Conclusion -- 3 Controversies Around Fair Trade -- The origins of a debate: the abolitionist movement -- The origins of a debate: the tradition of free trade -- Free trade vs Fair Trade: the neoliberal critique -- The alterglobalist critique: the flaws of the promotion of social justice via the free market -- The point of view of degrowth -- Conclusion -- 4 Redeeming the Free Market as a Solution to Poverty: The Limitations of the FT Economic Model -- Limitations of accounting for the 'sustainable' -- Uncertainties and asymmetries of the FT economic model -- The local impact of Fair Trade -- Conclusion -- 5 Looking for the Global Impact of Fair Trade -- A non-existent global economic impact -- Fair Trade does not benefit the poorest -- Fair Trade: an alternative to neoliberalism? -- Conclusion -- Annexes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index