The Processes and Practices of Fair Trade

Marin-Duran, Gracia

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“…The methodological rationale for the case selection of these two “most similar” cases (see Seawright and Gerring ) is that both the fair trade and sustainable forestry schemes are well‐established exemplars of the global private governance phenomenon (see e.g., Anderson ; Cashore, Auld, and Newsom ; Espach ; Gale and Haward ; Granville and Dine ; Gulbrandsen ; Jaffee and Howard , ; Maguire ; Raynolds and Bennett ; Renard ). However, the schemes do represent different private governance trajectories: Fairtrade International emerged to bring coherence to a sector with a large number of existing national initiatives while the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) formed to preempt the proliferation of national forestry certification schemes.…”

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Governing the Governors: The Global Metagovernance of Fair Trade and Sustainable Forestry Production

Murphy‐Gregory

Gale

2019

Politics & Policy

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To promote environmentally sustainable corporate behavior, a complex system of global private governance operates where civil society groups play dominant roles. We argue that the concept of “metagovernance” developed in the public administration literature helps scholars and practitioners make sense of the constellation of actors, structures, and processes that have emerged in the field of global private governance. This article advances the metagovernance research agenda by providing a comparative application of the concept to two global private governance schemes: the fair trade and sustainable forest product certification systems. We examine the key organizations, arrangements, and relationships that constitute these systems to demonstrate that metagovernance in this sphere is produced heterarchically: multiple organizations within global private governance schemes are mutually responsible for their own coordination. We argue that employing metagovernance as an analytical tool enables the identification and appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of complex systems for “the governance of governance” from a holistic perspective. Related Articles Alejo, Antonio. 2019. “Contemporary Diplomacy, Global Politics, and Nongovernmental Actors: Dilemmas of the Multistakeholder Mechanism of Participation in Mexico.” Politics & Policy 47 (1): 105‐126. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12284 Bance, Philippe, and Angelique Chassy. 2017. “The Rollout of the Multilevel Governance System: A Source of Reworking the Contingent Valuation Method?” Politics & Policy 45 (6): 1080‐1107. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12236 Burau, Viola, and Carole Clavier. 2018. “Understanding Gaps in the Coexistence between Different Modes of Governance: A Case Study of Public Health in Schools in a Multilevel System.” Politics & Policy 46: 604‐629. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12269 Related Media FLOCERT. N.d. “How it Works.” https://www.flocert.net/solutions/fairtrade-resources/how-it-works/ Forest Stewardship Council. N.d. “Who We Are.” https://ca.fsc.org/en-ca/about-us fsc‐watch.com. 2016. “Jari Certificate Suspension: Why Was it Ever Certified in the First Place?” https://fsc-watch.com/2015/12/22/jari-certificate-suspension-why-was-it-ever-certified-in-the-first-place/

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Governing the Governors: The Global Metagovernance of Fair Trade and Sustainable Forestry Production

Murphy‐Gregory

Gale

2019

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“…It is not a priori clear that the ambitious Fairtrade goals have been achieved. Based on randomized controlled trials, Granville and Telford (2013) analyze the impact of Fairtrade on landless workers in the South African wine industry. Although they find that Fairtrade workers are not more likely to report higher incomes or better health and education outcomes than non-Fairtrade workers, they do report a higher standard of living and a higher degree of motivation to participate in joint body activities.…”

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Fairtrade Wine Price Dispersion in the United Kingdom

2017

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This paper analyzes wine price dispersion in the United Kingdom. In particular, we are interested in examining whether Fairtrade wines are different from non-Fairtrade wines. Because Fairtrade wines serve an additional social purpose, one may think that consumers search less aggressively for the outlet with the lowest price, thus allowing for a larger price dispersion than for regular wines. We draw on data for about seven thousand wines from South Africa, Fairtrade and non-Fairtrade, sold in the United Kingdom between 2007 and 2012. In a first step, we run a hedonic regression model explaining the wine prices using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) Instrumental Variable (IV) approaches. In the next step, we regress the squared residuals from the first step on a Fairtrade 0-1 dummy-variable. When using the squared residuals from the OLS model, we find that Fairtrade is a negative determinant of price dispersion. Therefore, Fairtrade wines exhibit a significant lower price dispersion than the comparison group. When using the squared residuals from the IV model, we find mixed results and suspect the presence of a substantial bias due to weak instruments. Finally, in order to avoid IV pitfalls, we ran Fairtrade and Non-Fairtrade wines in separate equations. We find support for the OLS results, i.e., Fairtrade wines appear to exhibit lower price dispersion than their non-Fairtrade counterparts. Whether this is due to consumer search is a priori unclear. (JEL Classifications: L31, L81, Q11)

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The Processes and Practices of Fair Trade

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Governing the Governors: The Global Metagovernance of Fair Trade and Sustainable Forestry Production

Governing the Governors: The Global Metagovernance of Fair Trade and Sustainable Forestry Production

Fairtrade Wine Price Dispersion in the United Kingdom

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