Fair Trade Coffee: The Prospects and Pitfalls of Market-Driven Social Justice

List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction: Fair Trade and Global Capitalism The Fair Trade Network and Development Theory The Global and Local Dimensions of Fair Trade CoffeeHistorical and Theoretical Origins of the Fair Trade Network Embedded Liberalism and the Rise of the Fair Trade Movement Neoliberalism and the Decline of the Fair Trade Movement The Fair Trade Network, Phase 1: Promoting Alternative Markets (1940s--1980s) 39 Conclusion: The Theoretical Foundations of the Fair Trade NetworkNeoliberal Globalization and the Fair Trade Network The Fair Trade Network, Phase 2: Reforming Conventional Markets (1988 to the present) Expanding the Fair Trade Market Contemporary Perspectives on the Fair Trade Network Conclusion: The Fair Trade Network and NeoliberalismCoffee and the Capitalist Market A Short History of Coffee and Capitalism The Tendency Towards Monopoly in the North The Extended Cycles of Boom and Bust in the Coffee Market Class, Race, and Gender Exploitation in the Coffee Industry Conclusion: The Historical and Structural Roots of ExploitationCoffee and the 'Double Movement' The International Coffee Agreement (ICA), 1963--1989 Instant Coffee and 'Forward Integration' The Colombian 'Price Premium' Costa Rica: Regulated Coffee Industry and Social Welfare State Fair Trade Coffee in Historical PerspectiveFair Trade in Mexico: The Case of UCIRI Historical Background Assessing UCIRI's Development Project Conclusion: Assessing UCIRI's Capabilities and ConcessionsFair Trade Coffee in Canada The History of Fair Trade Coffee in Canada Comparing the Impact of Fair Trade Partners in the North The Ethical Consumer and Commodity Fetishism Conclusion: The Future of Fair Trade in CanadaConclusion: Fair Trade as Moral Economy Fair Trade as Shaped Advantage Fair Trade as Alternative Globalization Fair Trade as Decommodification Fair Trade as Moral EconomyNotesReferencesIndex