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Abstract: Fair trade iswidely regarded as a universal good. This fascinating anthropological study takes a closer look at a coffee-growing comunity and cooperatives in Costa Rica - and subjects the fair trade movement to critical scrutiny.

Abstract: Sick explores conteporary issues of gender, emplowerment, access toriesources, and Fair Trade as an examines howCosta Ricas cofee-producing households cope with the complexities of a globalizing world economy. She integrates household, regional, and global processes.

Abstract: In this second volume of Robert Corfe's major work on Social Capitalism, he turns to examining the financial-industrial system and identifies issues, which are untouched by contemporary politicians across the political spectrum.

Abstract: As one of the most noteworthy and popular sociology books of all the time, "The McDonaldization of Society 5" demonstrates the power of the sociological imagination to today's readers in a way that few other books have. This engaging book, sure to spark debate both in and out of the classroom, connects the everyday world of the "twenty-something" consumer with sociological analysis.

Abstract: In eleven original chapters, the contributors to "Lived Experiences of Public Consumption" take the experiences, practices and embodiments of everyday actors in public marketplaces as their points of departure. Drawing upon their ethnographic research, the authors situate themselves and their work in commercial marketplaces - on the streets and in the plazas, grocery stores and malls of five continents - offering the kind of rich description and analysis enabled by interpretative forms of inquiry.

Abstract: The book presents series of interdisciplinary, empirically rich case studies showing how small-scale farmers manage ecosystems and organize collectively as they seek useful collaborations with international NGOs and coffee companies to create opportunities for themselves in the coffee market. The findings demonstrate the interconnections among farmer livelihoods, biodiversity, conservation, and changing coffee market.