Embedding Fairtrade in South Africa: Global Production Networks, National Initiatives and Localized Challenges in the Northern Cape

A. Hughes; C. McEwan; David Bek; Z. Rosenberg

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Embedding Fairtrade in South Africa: Global Production Networks, National Initiatives and Localized Challenges in the Northern Cape

A. Hughes, C. McEwan, David Bek, Z. Rosenberg

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This article contributes to debate on the evolving expressions of business responsibility in emerging market economies and developing economies by exploring and theorizing the ways in which the Fairtrade standard for supply chains is being re-worked and implemented in South Africa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-308
Journal	Competition & Change
Volume	18
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1179/1024529414Z.00000000062
Publication status	Published - Aug 2014

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Fairtrade
global production networks
relational geography
South Africa.

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