The Political Rationalities of Fair-Trade Consumption in the United Kingdom

Nick Clarke, Clive Barnett, Paul Cloke and Alice Malpass
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Nick Clarke: University of Southampton, United Kingdom, n.clarke@soton.ac.uk
Clive Barnett: Open University, United Kingdom, c.barnett@open.ac.uk
Paul Cloke: University of Exeter, United Kingdom, p.cloke@exeter.ac.uk
Alice Malpass: Academic Unit of Primary Health Care at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, a.malpass@bristol.ac.uk

Politics & Society, 2007, vol. 35, issue 4, 583-607

Abstract: This article situates the analysis of fair-trade consumption in the context of debates about civic activism and political participation. It argues that fair-trade consumption should be understood as a political phenomenon, which, through the mediating action of organizations and campaigns, makes claims on states, corporations, and institutions. This argument is made by way of a case study of Traidcraft, a key player in the fair-trade movement in the United Kingdom. The study focuses on how Traidcraft approaches and enrolls its supporters.

Keywords: fair trade; consumption; alternative economic spaces; civic activism; political participation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/0032329207308178

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