Mainstreaming Fair Trade in global production networks: Own brand fruit and chocolate in UK supermarkets

Fair Trade: The challenges of transforming globalization

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 103-122

  Barrientos, Stephanie ^a   Smith, Sally ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85145533444     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203933534-17     Document Type: Chapter

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