Evaluating fair trade consumption: Politics, defetishization and producer participation

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 452-464

  Lyon, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coffee; Consumer politics; Defetishization; Fair trade; Producer participation; US

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952812376     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2006.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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