Fair Trade and justice

A comment on Walton and Deneulin

Bibliographic Data

ID11635711
AuthorsJérôme Ballet (0000-0002-3980-2671, Université de Bordeaux, corresponding author), Delphine Pouchain (0000-0002-7704-7670)
Year2015
Volume36
Issue8
Pages1421-1436
Publication date2015-08-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThird World Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0143-6597 • E-ISSN: 1360-2241
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01436597.2015.1042968
OpenAlexW1631012431
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited36

In this article we first point out that the different conceptualisations of Fair Trade, which are sometimes analytically contradictory, actually form a coordinated set. Understanding the Fair Trade project is impossible without taking these interlinked conceptualisations into consideration. Second, this set basically forms a mechanism of structural, institutional and moral reforms that guide actions. In this way Fair Trade sets out to produce less injustice than is usually the case with the structures and institutions that govern conventional trade. Nevertheless, it does not try to define what a just society is or even to perfectly define ‘fair trade’. This implies the adoption of a comparative justice angle. It is precisely by linking comparative individual situations with the structures that produce these situations that relative justice can find its strength and purpose

Economic Justice · Economics · Epistemology · Fair trade · Injustice · Law and economics · Mechanism (biology · Microeconomics · Point (geometry · Political science · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Computer Science · Economic and Social Issues · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy

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