Slipping away : banana politics and fair trade in the Eastern Caribbean
著者
書誌事項
Slipping away : banana politics and fair trade in the Eastern Caribbean
(Dislocations, v. 4)
Berghahn Books, 2011
1st pbk ed
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
During the 1990s, the Eastern Caribbean was caught in a bitter trade dispute between the US and EU over the European banana market. When the World Trade Organization rejected preferential access for Caribbean growers in 1998 the effect on the region's rural communities was devastating. This volume examines the "banana wars" from the vantage point of St. Lucia's Mabouya Valley, whose recent, turbulent history reveals the impact of global forces. The author investigates how the contemporary structure of the island's banana industry originated in colonial policies to create a politically "stable" peasantry, followed by politicians' efforts to mobilize rural voters. These political strategies left farmers dependent on institutional and market protection, leaving them vulnerable to any alteration in trade policy. This history gave way to a new harsh reality, in which neoliberal policies privilege price and quantity over human rights and the environment. However, against these challenges, the author shows how the rural poor have responded in creative ways, including new social movements and Fair Trade farming, in order to negotiate a stronger position for themselves in the in a shifting global economy.
目次
List of Illustrations
List of Tables, Figures and Maps
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1. Linking the Personal, the Local and the Global
Chapter 2. An Island in History
Chapter 3. Banananomics: Work and Identity Among Island Growers
Chapter 4. St. Lucia in the Global Banana Trade
Chapter 5. Banana Politics
Chapter 6. Privatization and Fragmentation
Chapter 7. Survivors
Chapter 8. Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
Chapter 9. Fair Trade in Discourse and Practice
Chapter 10. Fair Trade and Conventional Farming in the Mabouya Valley
Chapter 11. Conclusion: A New World or a New Kind of Dependence?
References Cited
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