rural livelihoods in the global south (f8017s) - University of Sussex

Core readings (to be divided in class)
Barham B et al (2011) ‘Fair Trade/Organic Coffee, Rural Livelihoods, and the “Agrarian
Question”: Southern Mexican Coffee Families in Transition’, World Development
39(1): 134-145.
Bassett, T.J. (2010) ‘Slim pickings: Fairtrade cotton in West Africa’, Geoforum 41(1): 44-
55.
Booth, P. and L. Whetstone (2007) Half a Cheer for fair trade Economic Affairs 27(2): 29-
36.
De Neve G (2013) ‘Fordism, flexible specialisation and CSR: How Indian garment workers
critique neoliberal labour regimes’, Ethnography DOI: 10.1177/1466138112463801
Fairtrade Foundation (2011) The Impact of Fairtrade bananas, [This is a shorter, glossy
version of the report by Sally Smith 2010]
Griffiths P (2012) ‘Ethical objections to Fairtrade’, Journal of Business Ethics 105(3) 57-
373.
Luetchford, P (2008) 'The hands that pick fair trade coffee: beyond the charms of the
family farm' in De Neve G, P. Luetchford, J. Pratt and D. Wood, (eds) Hidden
Hands in the Market: Ethnographies of Fair Trade, Ethical Consumption and
Corporate Social Responsibility [proof copy available on Study Direct]
Neilson J and B Pritchard (2010) ‘ Fairness and ethicality in their place: the regional
dynamics of fair trade and ethical sourcing agendas in the plantation districts of
South India’, Environment and Planning A 42: 1833-1851.
Ruben R and R Fort (2012) ‘The impact of fair trade certification for coffee farmers in
Peru’, World Development 40(3): 570-582
Ruben R et al (2009) ‘Measuring the impact of fair trade on development’, Development in
Practice 19(6): 777-788
Ruwanpura K and N Wrigley (2011) ‘The costs of compliance? Views of Sri Lankan
apparel manufacturers in times of global economic crisis’, Journal of Economic
Geography 11: 1031–1049.
Smith S (2010) ‘Fairtrade bananas: a global assessment of impact’, IDS Report
Smith S. and C. Dolan, (2006) ‘Ethical Trade: what does it mean for women workers in
African horticulture?’ In S. Barrientos and C. Dolan (eds). 2006. Ethical sourcing in
the global food system. London: Earthscan. [Study Direct]
Utting-Chamorro, K., (2005) ‘Does fair trade make a difference: the case of small coffee
producers in Nicaragua Development in Practice 15(3&4): 584-599.
Wilson, B.R. (2010) Indebted to Fair Trade? Coffee and crisis in Nicaragua Geoforum
41(1): 84-92.
Further readings
Bacon, C.M. (2010) Who decides what is fair in fair trade? The agri-environmental
governance of standards, access, and price Journal of Peasant Studies 37(1): 111
– 147.
Barrientos, S. and C. Dolan (2006), Transformation of Global Food: Opportunities and
Challenges for Fair and Ethical Trade, in Barrientos, S. and C. Dolan (eds), Ethical
Sourcing in the Global System, London: Earthscan.
Daviron, B. and S. Ponte (2005) The Coffee Paradox: Global Markets, Commodity Trade
and the Elusive Promise of Development, London: Zed Books.
de Regil , A. (2007) How sustainable is our latte?: an assessment of trends and standards
in Fair-Trade from the perspective of a new truly sustainable people and planetcentred
paradigm Jus Semper Global Alliance.
Dolan CS (2010) ‘Virtual moralities: The mainstreaming of Fairtrade in Kenyan tea fields’
Geoforum 41(1): 33-43.
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