Can a plantation be fair? Paradoxes and possibilities in fair trade darjeeling tea certification

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Besky, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fair trade; Food security; India; Labor law; Labor unions; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650414567     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1417.2008.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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