Global commodity networks, ethical trade and governmentality: Organizing business responsibility in the Kenyan cut flower industry

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 390-406

  Hughes, A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cut flowers; Ethical trade; Global commodity networks; Governmentality; Kenya; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; ETHICS; EXPORT; FLOWER;

KENYA;

EID: 0035662482     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-5661.00031     Document Type: Article

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