The Politics of Fair Trade

Moving Beyond Free Trade and Protection

Sean Ehrlich (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2018
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-933764-4 (ISBN)

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This book argues that fair trade is opposition to trade based on sincere concerns about environmental and labor conditions abroad rather than just protectionism in disguise or labels on coffee products, using public opinion and Congressional voting as evidence that fair trade is sincere and distinct from free trade and protectionism.

The Politics of Fair Trade argues that fair trade is more than just labels on specialty coffee products. Nor is fair trade just protectionism in disguise. Rather, fair trade is opposition to unrestricted trade based on sincere concerns about environmental and labor conditions abroad. Fair traders are not trying to protect jobs or the economy at home, but do not want to see workers exploited and the environment degraded in their trading partners. Academics and policymakers are ill equipped to deal with fair trade concerns because they wrongly assume trade preferences run along a single dimension from free trade to protection. This book introduces a multidimensional theory of trade policy preferences, arguing that people can oppose trade for different and unrelated reasons. The book then demonstrates, using public opinion data in the U.S. and EU and Congressional voting data in the U.S., that fair traders are sincere and not simply protectionists. The book demonstrates why fair trade poses a threat to free trade and argues that free traders should include stronger and enforceable labor and environmental standards in trade agreements in order to win the support of fair traders. Doing so will enable free trade to continue while also helping to improve conditions in developing countries, satisfying the concerns of both free traders and fair traders.

Sean D. Ehrlich is Associate Professor of Political Science at Florida State University. His research focuses on International and Comparative Political Economy, Globalization, and Democratic Institutions. His previous book, Access Points, won the American Political Science Association's 2012 Kammerer Award for best book on American national policy.

Preface
Chapter 1 The Many Faces of Fair Trade
Chapter 2 What is Fair Trade?
Chapter 3 Free Trade, Fair Trade, and Protection: Who Wants What When?
Chapter 4 Latte-sipping Liberals and Dumbledore's Army: Old Protectionist Wine in New Bottles?
Chapter 4A Appendix
Chapter 5 Fair Trade in Congress
Chapter 5A Appendix
Chapter 6 Conclusion
Reference List

Erscheinungsdatum	12.06.2018
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	231 x 155 mm
Gewicht	544 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	0-19-933764-0 / 0199337640
ISBN-13	978-0-19-933764-4 / 9780199337644
Zustand	Neuware