The No Nonsense Guide To Fair Trade

Author : David Ransom
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 190445643X
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Fair Trade written by David Ransom and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2006 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From coffee farms in Peru and cocoa production in Ghana to jeans manufacture in China and the Banana War of Guatemala and the Caribbean, this fully revised No-Nonsense Guide tells the human story behind the products we consume. Examining the contest between 'free' and 'fair' trade around the world, David Ransom argues that the key question is not whether trade should be regulated or deregulated, but whether it is to be the master or servant of the people.

Author : Sally Blundell
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1780261330
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade written by Sally Blundell and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2013-12-24 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely new investigation of the fair trade phenomenon, from its origins to what it is likely to become.

Author : David Ransom
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859843345
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Fair Trade written by David Ransom and published by Verso. This book was released on 2001 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Trade was once the exclusive preserve of big business, run by transnational corporations more powerful than governments. Now the 'free' trade they favor is the focus of public concern everywhere -- globalization and the World Trade Organization have seen to that.

Author : Wayne Roberts
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1780261314
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food written by Wayne Roberts and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world food system is put under the microscope in this updated edition of The No-Nonsense Guide to World Food.

Author : Sally Blundell
Publisher : Between the Lines
ISBN 13 : 1771131187
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No-Nonsense Guide to Fair Trade, 3rd Edition written by Sally Blundell and published by Between the Lines. This book was released on 2013 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at two decades of a movement that aims to challenge the ethical foundations of the global market. Transnational corporations look for the cheapest suppliers, while the fair trade movement insists on a premium for the producersat the start of the chain. Sally Blundell explores the origins of fair trade and what it is likely to become in the face of growing disparities between the principles and the practice.

Author : Gideon Burrows
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781859844267
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to the Arms Trade written by Gideon Burrows and published by Verso. This book was released on 2002 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ending of the Cold War was supposed to increase global security and divert expenditure previously earmarked for arms purchases to more constructive ends. Instead, the arms trade has flourished. Not only conventional arms, but also police and surveillance equipment, have been provided by Western countries seeking to make a profit from conflict in unstable parts of the world. Foreign debt has remained high, development has been held back, and human rights have been systematically abused, all with the connivance of an arms trade prepared to turn a blind eye to the uses to which increasingly sophisticated weaponry is put, so long as hefty profits can be reaped. This disturbing book names the players in the arms trade and charts the impact that it has had on war, human rights, and development. The financial and trade mechanisms that permit the arms trade to continue are revealed, amid sordid tales of bribery and corruption. Gideon Burrows concludes his examination by reviewing the ways in which this trade can be controlled or even abolished.

Author : Louise Gray
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1906523126
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to World Music written by Louise Gray and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2009 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look behind the catch-all term world music' aiming to explore the reasons for the contemporary interest in world music, who its audience is and why it has become such a popular genre. Through chapters on the many different genres that make up this multi-faceted area, the case for music as a powerful harmonising tool is aptly put forward.'

Author : Jonathan Barker
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1904456987
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Global Terrorism written by Jonathan Barker and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2008 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly accessible history of terrorism looking at core examples from the Middle East, instances of state terrorism and terrorist fringes of political movements. Covers the theories justifying and guiding terrorist acts and the battle of images that accompanies them, including: the proliferation of terrorist activities over recent years and international hotspots, the war on terror', terrorist acts carried out by states and the constraints on democracy and political and civil liberties that so often characterise the response to terrorism.'

Author : Maggie Black
Publisher : New Internationalist
ISBN 13 : 1904456634
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to International Development written by Maggie Black and published by New Internationalist. This book was released on 2007 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building dams in India, planting trees in Burkina Faso, rescuing street children in Brazil - these are images of aid and international development with which we can all identify. However, what passes for development all too often improves life for the better off while actively hurting the very people the venture was meant to support. Maggie Black exposes the hypocrisy and reveals a more accurate picture of what is happening in development's name, arguing for a process to be put inplace that trule defends the interests of poor people.

Author : Maggie Black
Publisher : Verso
ISBN 13 : 9781844675098
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The No-nonsense Guide to Water written by Maggie Black and published by Verso. This book was released on 2004 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water sustains life: without it, humans cannot survive for more than a few days. And yet this precious fluid is becoming increasingly politicized as the debates about control and ownership of water itself, and of the many organizations which govern its use, gain force. Maggie Black explores the many roles water plays in human life and, as the defense of water rights looks set to become an explosive issue, provides a clear overview on the vital issues of distribution, technology, irrigation, land use and commodification.