TY - BOOK ID - 101895659 TI - Slipping away : banana politics and fair trade in the Eastern Caribbean PY - 2008 SN - 1282627384 9786612627385 1845458745 1845451457 184545197X PB - New York : Berghahn Books, DB - UniCat KW - Banana trade KW - Banana growers KW - Globalization KW - Competition, Unfair. KW - Economic aspects KW - Competition KW - Competition, Unfair KW - Competition law KW - Fair trade KW - Unfair competition KW - Unfair trade practices KW - Commercial crimes KW - Commercial law KW - Industrial property KW - Torts KW - Advertising laws KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - Banana farmers KW - Fruit growers KW - Banana industry KW - Fruit trade KW - Law and legislation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101895659 AB - 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 structure of the island's banana industry originated in colonial policies to create a politically "stable" ER -