Tacit Knowledge and Volunteers' Empowerment in the Fair Trade Sector

Renata Livraghi and Gabriella Pappadà
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Renata Livraghi: Università di Parma
Gabriella Pappadà: Università di Viterbo La Tuscia,

Chapter 13 in Paid and Unpaid Labour in the Social Economy. An International Perspective, 2009, pp 221-243 from AIEL - Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro

Abstract: This paper presents the outcome of a fieldwork carried out in France, Italy, Malta and Spain, with the aim of providing evidence of the main features characterising Fair Trade organizations and the individuals (in particular volunteers) involved in them. The case studies have been selected taking into consideration both the areas where Fair Trade has deeper roots (as in some French, Italian and Spanish regions) and is more developed, and the areas where the sector is younger, more politically oriented (like Malta and the south of Italy). It turns out that Fair Trade mainly attracts women and young people, but by different degrees, leading towards a classification of potential volunteers. However, there are some skills that emerge across all the groups, such as relational team-working skills.

Keywords: informal learning; fair trade; voluntary work; comparative social economies; Malta. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F16 P45 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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