Removing the veil? Commodity fetishism, fair trade, and the environment

Organization and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 413-430

  Hudson, Ian ^a   Hudson, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative trade; Cooperative work places; Fair trade coffee; Organic certification; Over consumption; Reification

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ETHICS; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0347622635     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026603258926     Document Type: Article

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