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Fair Trade Institute (FTI)

The most comprehensive online collection of Fair Trade publications,

where researchers convene for Fair Trade.


The Fair Trade Institute’s new and improved online collection is a collaborative effort between the Fair Trade Institute based in Switzerland and the Fair Trade Resource Network in the United States. With a shared interest in education and critical analysis about Fair Trade, the Fair Trade Institute and Fair Trade Resource Network have compiled this online collection of Fair Trade publications and expertise. On this site, you can:

We invite researchers and scholars from around the world to list their works and expertise in this online collection. With contributions from you, Fair Trade Institute can contribute to the understanding and effective implementation of Fair Trade worldwide.

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Latest Fair Trade publications inserted

Goodman (2004) Consuming Narratives: the political ecology of alternative consumption Transactions of the IBG

Goodman, Goodman (2008) Alternative Food Networks International Encyclopedia of Human Geography

Goodman (2010) Ethical foodscapes?: premises, promises, and possibilities Environment and Planning A

Goodman (2010) The mirror of consumption: Celebritization, developmental consumption and the shifting cultural politics of fair trade Geoforum

Chai (2008) In the context of a « fair-trade » market does a cooperative structure help its members obtain more bargaining power?

Jaffee (2008) "Better, But Not Great”: The Social and Environmental Benefits and Limitations of Fair Trade for Indigenous Coffee Producers in Oaxaca, Mexico In Ruerd Ruben (ed.), The Impact of Fair Trade