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Alternative Trade
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- Book Synopsis
- Free trade does not make a significantly positive contribution to a society's well being, nor does real free trade exist. In Alternative Trade, Gavin Fridell confronts these assumptions through a passionate and rigorous appraisal of alternative trade and its imperfect legacy. Examining the history of alternative trade models - the International Coffee Agreement, the Canadian Wheat Board and the European-Caribbean banana regime - Fridell exposes the unbridgeable gap between "free trade" proclamations and the lack of actually existing free trade, arguing that the alternative trade models are much more socially efficient than what followed in their wake. Additionally, Fridell places politics, history, social change, class power and violence front-and-centre in his analysis and examines alternative trade within a broader social and historical context to uncover lessons for a more cooperative, socially just world order.
- About The Author
- Gavin Fridell is the Canada Research Chair in International Development Studies at Saint Mary's University. Gavin Fridell es profesor y titular de la Cátedra de Investigación de Canadá en Estudios de Desarrollo Internacional en la Universidad de Saint Mary.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781552665879
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Fernwood, (19 November 2013)
- Number of Pages
- 178
- Weight
- 240 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 228 x 157 x 10 mm
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