Masters Thesis for:
New School, Graduate Program in International Affairs
May 2007
Advisor: Professor Stephen Collier
Reader: Professor David Gold
The Fair Trade Movement in Historical Perspective: Explaining the “In and Against the Market” Predicament
Introduction
Part 1: A Historical Overview of Fair Trade
Section 1.1: Goodwill Selling
Section 1.2: Solidarity Trade
Section 1.3: Mutually Beneficial Trade
Section 1.4: Development of Trading Partnerships and the Marketing of the Fair Trade Brand
Section 1.5: A Snapshot of Fair Trade’s Scale and Impact
Part 2: An Alternative History of the Fair Trade Movement
Part 3: In or Against the Market? Realism and Idealism in the Alternative/Fair Trade Movement
Conclusion and Appendices
Notes and Sources