Fair trade consumption and the limits to solidarity

Human Organization

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-152

  Lyon, Sarah ^a   Ailshire, Sara ^a,b   Sehon, Alexadra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

consumption; Fair Trade; practices; students; universities

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; NATIONAL TRADE; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84901425996     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.73.2.ag020168h17418m5     Document Type: Article

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