Connecting the complex lived worlds of fairtrade

Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-422

  Herman, Agatha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black economic empowerment; Commodity fetishism; Fairtrade; South africa; Wine

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650301187     PISSN: 1523908X     EISSN: 15227200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2010.532939     Document Type: Article

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