Latin America rewrites the meaning of certified Fair Trade: A challenge for social science in the region

Authors

  • Marco Coscione Funglode (Fundacion Global Democracia y Desarrollo)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/otra.2012.611.04

Keywords:

Comercio Justo, América Latina, Pequeños Productores, CLAC, Fundeppo

Abstract

Certified Fair Trade is in a deep crisis: its standards are being increasingly diluted and often mixed with the interests of actors who have little to do with the social commitment and struggle of those who preceded them. The very meaning of the words “fair trade” may be changing. In this scenario, small Latin American producers are proposing new ways to rewrite, from below and from the South, the balance of power and the rules prevailing in the global “fair” circuits.

Key words: fair trade, Latin America, small producers, CLAC, Fundeppo.

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Published

2012-10-04

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 11 (2012): Volume VI - N. 11, 2nd semester/2012

Section

Social Solidarity Economy: Theoretical contributions

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