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Slipping Away: Banana Politics and Fair Trade in the Eastern Caribbean (Dislocations)

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All the way through the 1990s, the Eastern Caribbean was once caught in a bitter trade dispute between the USA 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 once devastating. This volume examines the “banana wars” from the vantage point of St. Lucia’s Mabouya Valley, whose up to date, turbulent history reveals the affect of global forces. The writer investigates how the up to date structure of the island’s banana industry originated in colonial policies to create a politically “stable” peasantry, followed by politicians’ efforts to mobilize rural voters. These political strategies left farmers dependent on institutional and market protection, leaving them at risk of any alteration in trade policy. This history gave way to a new harsh reality, in which neoliberal policies privilege price and quantity over human rights and the environment. Alternatively, against these challenges, the writer shows how the rural poor have responded in creative ways, including new social movements and Fair Trade farming, with a view to negotiate a stronger position for themselves in the in a shifting global economy.

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