In the Market But Not of It: Fair Trade Coffee and Forest Stewardship Council Certification as Market-Based Social Change

@article{Taylor2005InTM,
  title={In the Market But Not of It: Fair Trade Coffee and Forest Stewardship Council Certification as Market-Based Social Change},
  author={Peter Leigh Taylor},
  journal={World Development},
  year={2005},
  volume={33},
  pages={129-147}
}
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