Slipping Away: Banana Politics and Fair Trade in the Eastern Caribbean, Vol. 4
During the 1990s, the Eastern Caribbean was caught in a bitter trade dispute between the US and EU over the European banana market. When the World Trade Organization rejected preferential access for Caribbean growers in 1998 the effect on the region’s rural communities was devastating. This volume examines the “banana wars” from the vantage point of St. Lucia’s Mabouya Valley, whose recent, turbulent history reveals the impact of global forces. The author investigates how the contemporary...
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List of Figures\ List of Tables\ List of Abbreviations\ Map of St. Lucia\ Ch. 1 Linking the Personal, the Local, and the Global 1\ Ch. 2 An Island in History 17\ Ch. 3 Banananomics: Work and Identity among Island Growers 41\ Ch. 4 St. Lucia in the Global Banana Trade 65\ Ch. 5 Banana Politics 95\ Ch. 6 Privatization and Fragmentation 110\ Ch. 7 Survivors 129\ Ch. 8 Desperate Times, Desperate Measures 153\ Ch. 9 Fair Trade in Discourse and Practice 172\ Ch. 10 Fair Trade and Conventional Farming in the Mabouya Valley 194\ Ch. 11 Conclusion: A New World or a New Kind of Dependence? 220\ References 230
