Coffee

In a world of high finance, unprecedented technological change, and cyber billionaires, it is easy to forget that a major source of global wealth is, literally, right under our noses.

List of contents

1. The Global Market and Coffee Statecraft
2. Making Coffee
3. Pro-Poor Regulation
4. Coffee Unleashed?
5. Fair Trade and Corporate Power
6. Coffee and the Non-Developmental State

About the author

Gavin Fridell is professor of International Development at St Mary's University, Canada.

Summary

In a world of high finance, unprecedented technological change, and cyber billionaires, it is easy to forget that a major source of global wealth is, literally, right under our noses.

Report

Gavin Fridell's insightful, well argued and up-to-date analysis of the world coffee economy demonstrates that the state's role in coffee statecraft continues to be essential to creating a more just division of the earnings in the world of coffee. As well as providing a thorough guide to the economics and politics of one of the world's most important commodities, this book will spark much needed debate about the nature of neoliberalism and market-based solutions to economic and social problems.
Steven Topik, University of California Irvine
 
Your morning cup of coffee will never smell the same after reading this book. Henceforth the scent of exploitation, colonialism and environmental destruction will follow it everywhere. Offering a richly grounded critical and historical analysis, Gavin Fridell lays bare the web of myths surrounding this 'quintessential global commodity.' Coffee will be essential reading for those interested in the political economy of land, food and the realities of 'fair trade' ? and indispensable for those concerned about social justice today.
David McNally, York University, Toronto

Product details

• Authors: Gavin Fridell, Gavin ( St Mary''s University Fridell, Gavin (?st Marys University Fridell, Fridell Gavin
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2014
• EAN: 9780745670768
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-7076-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: PRS - Polity Resources series; PRS - Polity Resources Series; Resources
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Landwirtschaft, Weltpolitik, Politikwissenschaft, Political Science, natürliche Ressourcen, Agriculture, natural resources, Global politics