How Fair is Fair? Social Justice and the Fair Trade Movement
Does fair trade facilitate social justice? Mark Hudson and Mara Fridell, co-authors of Fair Trade, Sustainability, and Social Change, will discuss the potential of fair trade as a means of poverty alleviation, and as a means of revealing the people, relationships, and environments that lie behind the commodities we often unthinkingly consume. While contending that fair trade is well-positioned to help advance social justice goals, the authors highlight the limits of fair trade as a movement and a mechanism that is embedded in the market. Drawing on political economy and social movement theory, the talk will chart the recent trajectory of the fair trade movement, indicating its impressive success, as well as some troubling signs for the future of fair trade's ability to realize its potential. http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/fair-trade-sustainability-and-social-change-ian-hudson/?K=9781137269843 ; https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/soc_corr_social_justice_lectures/1001/thumbnail.jpg