Is Fair Trade a fair deal?

Brooks, Thom

Abstract

Globalization contributes to a more interconnected global economy. This gives rise to greater challenges to providing a theory of global justice that can account for increasing complexities. Nicole Hassoun defends a powerful and distinctive contribution that claims that coercive institutions in the global order must secure sufficient autonomy to be legitimate because they are coercive. Fair Trade strategies are an illustration of a policy proposal for how globalization can be transformed into global justice. This article examines the issue of how much autonomy is ‘sufficient’ and whether a resource-based solution, like Fair Trade, is likely to contribute to that project. It is argued that the threshold for sufficient autonomy is too imprecise and much more than Fair Trade policies is required if global trade is to become a fairer deal for all.

Citation

Brooks, T. (2016). Is Fair Trade a fair deal?. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 29(2), 548-561. https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2015.1025037

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: May 15, 2015
• Publication Date: Apr 2, 2016
• Deposit Date: Feb 22, 2025
• Journal: Cambridge Review of International Affairs
• Print ISSN: 0955-7571
• Electronic ISSN: 1474-449X
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 548-561
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2015.1025037
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3535080