Signifiers of the life we value? - considering human development, technologies and Fair Trade from the perspective of the capabilities approach

Information Technology for Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-60

  Kleine, Dorothea ^a   Light, Ann ^b   Montero, Maria José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

capabilities approach; Choice Framework; ethical consumption; Fair Trade; participation; traceability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMERCE; DECISION MAKING;

CAPABILITIES APPROACH; CHOICE FRAMEWORK; ETHICAL CONSUMPTION; FAIR TRADE; PARTICIPATION; TRACEABILITY;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84856104332     PISSN: 02681102     EISSN: 15540170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2011.643208     Document Type: Article

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