Hidden hands in the market [[electronic resource] ] : ethnographies of fair trade, ethical consumption and corporate social responsibility / / edited by Geert de Neve ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Bingley, : Emerald JAI, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (337 p.)
• Disciplina: 174.4
• Soggetto topico: Capitalism - Moral and ethical aspects; International trade - Moral and ethical aspects; Competition, Unfair - Moral and ethical aspects; Anti-globalization movement; Social responsibility of business
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: NeveGeert de
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Hidden Hands in the Market: Ethnographies of Fair Trade, Ethical Consumption, and Corporate Social Responsibility; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction: Revealing the hidden hands of global market exchange; Social relations in a depersonalised economy; The economy unbound: problems of boundedness and autarky; Contesting value: just prices and exchange; Regulation, deregulation, and governance; Conclusion: hidden hands in the market; Notes; Acknowledgements; References ; Chapter 2. Think locally, act globally: The political economy of ethical consumptionThinking locally, acting globally; Seeing an ethical world; The medium is the message; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 3. Food values: The local and the authentic; Food chains; The local; Authenticity; Political implications; References; Chapter 4. Outsourcing otherness: crafting and marketing culture in the global handicrafts market; Introduction; Handicrafts research; Artistic and cultural production in Bali; ''Not Moroccan enough''; Crafting objects and stories ; Reclaiming power and agency through fair tradeDiscussion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Looping the value chain: Designer copies in a brand-name garment factory; Introduction; The context: ''signature fashions''; ''Thiefing a chance'' at signature fashions; Contesting value on the shop-floor; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. ''Longing for the west'': the geo-symbolics of the ethical consumption discourse in Hungary; The context of the research; Ethically loaded commodities as emblems of westernness; Conclusion; Notes; References ; Chapter 7. The hands that pick fair trade coffee: Beyond the charms of the family farmIntroduction; Fair trade and the charm of the family farm; Costa Rica and the small family farm; The coffee harvest; Migrant workers; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 8. Making or marketing a differencequest An anthropological examination of the marketing of fair trade cocoa from Ghana; Introduction; The marketing of fair trade; Fair trade in practice; Fair trade: views from the village; Cocoa and the role of government; Payback time: how farmers get even by not paying back ; Farmer agency and resistance in the twentieth centuryConclusion; Notes; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 9. Produce(ing) equity: Creating fresh markets in a food desert; Introduction; Kentucky agriculture at a crossroads; The urban setting; Farm to city; Creating the something between; Beyond business as usual: discussion and conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 10. Global garment chains, local labour activism: New challenges to trade union and NGO activism in the Tiruppur garment cluster, South India; Introduction; The Tiruppur garment cluster ; Representing garment workers
• Sommario/riassunto: In much of the world's economy, production, exchange and consumption are regulated by the Market, which is believed to be based on economic rationality and driven by a desire to consume. This collection of essays discusses alternative perspectives that se
• Titolo autorizzato: Hidden hands in the market
• ISBN: 1-280-77092-9; 9786613681690; 1-84855-059-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455282003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research in economic anthropology ; ; v. 28.