CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Fügedi, Eszter |
|---|---|
| Title | Limits to Fair Trade - An Anticipated Dialog |
| Summary | The inclusion of corporations into the Fair Trade network and the move towards supermarket shelves led to a division in the Fair Trade movement. Through the discussion of major issues along the value chain, such as production, certification, pricing and retailing, this paper shows that ideological assumptions determine the assessment of concrete issues. Radicals, based on their Marxist beliefs advocate the maintenance of the historic ATOs network. Reformist are influenced by liberal thought and do not believe that the capitalist world order is inherently unjust. In their view, the current trading rules and practices need to be improved and regulated, and argue that FLO and the Fair Trade network are the right organizations for that. Reformists aim to increase Fairtrade products’ market share, therefore are concerned with managerial issues. In contrast, radicals are highly critical of the current functioning of the Fair Trade network. |
| Supervisor | Fetzer, Thomas |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/fugedi_eszter.pdf |
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