Governing Cotton

Globalization and Poverty in Africa

By: Adam Sneyd

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Hardcover | 15 November 2010 | Edition Number 1

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This book traces the historic relationships between cotton production, the international cotton trade and poverty south of the Sahara, and assesses various approaches to corporate social responsibility and nongovernmental policy advocacy in this area. Thousands of people around the world are currently engaged in efforts which they believe will make African cotton work better for the millions of people who grow this crop and the millions more who depend upon it. This book traces the historic relationships between cotton and poverty south of the Sahara and assesses aspects of the new social concern evident in the area. Taking an empirical international political economy approach, it details the ways in which globalization has enabled poverty reduction and poverty maintenance on African cotton farms. Sneyd argues that while cotton farming and poverty will be connected for many years to come, there is hope that these issues are now on the agenda.

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'Adam Sneyd's critique significantly contributes to the ongoing debate on poverty among commodity producers.' - Jomo Kwame Sundaram, UN Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development

'This is a must read for scholars and policy-makers who are attempting to understand the micro-realities and lived experience of Africa's poverty problem. Sneyd belongs to an innovative and gifted generation of young scholars who are forcing us to rethink the basics of international political economy. His important book deserves high praise.' - Daniel Drache, Associate Director, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies and Professor of Political Science, York University, Toronto, Canada

'This book offers a thoughtful and balanced assessment of the linkages between cotton production and poverty in Africa in an era of economic globalization. The book's discussion of new governance initiatives such as corporate social responsibility efforts is both rich in detail and highly engaging.' Jennifer Clapp, CIGI Chair in Global Environmental Governance and Professor, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Environment and Resources Department, University of Waterloo, Canada

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Lists of Abbreviations	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction: Cotton-Picking Problems Beyond the WTO	p. 1
Research problem and questions	p. 4
Organization of the argument	p. 7
Research methodology	p. 9
Historic Relationships Between Cotton and Poverty	p. 13
Cotton, colonialism and poverty	p. 14
After formal political independence	p. 24
Cotton sub-sector reforms and poverty in Tanzania	p. 36
The historic relationships today: A composite sketch	p. 45
Global Trade Governance and Cotton Dependence: Beyond Poverty Maintenance	p. 48
Global governance of the agricultural commodity trade and poverty	p. 49
Governing cotton at the WTO?	p. 58
The poverty of the sectoral initiative	p. 70
The end of poverty through the end of the cotton trade?	p. 77
Breaking the Historic Relationships in Tanzania	p. 79
Elite perspectives on poverty eradication	p. 82
Domestic governance reform and resource mobilization	p. 84
Donor resources	p. 91
Biotechnology	p. 94
Foreign direct investment	p. 97
Lint exports	p. 99
Views from the farm: Cotton, poverty and beyond	p. 101
NGOs, Conventional Production and Poverty	p. 104
Networks, coalitions and the transnational norm for cotton	p. 109
Oxfam cottons on	p. 112
Free trade liberalism, WTO legitimacy and the IDEAS Centre	p. 115
Beyond the cotton coalitions: Lessons from Tanzania	p. 120
Concluding statement	p. 123
CSR and the Cotton-Poverty Relationship	p. 125
A brief introduction to corporate social responsibility	p. 126
CSR and cotton: An argument	p. 129
'Better' cotton?	p. 131
Differentiating non-state, market driven governance	p. 135
Conventional cotton buying, social irresponsibility and CSR prospects in Tanzania	p. 153
Concluding remarks	p. 163
Conclusions: Global Interventions and Poverty Eradication	p. 165
Findings	p. 170
Moving forward	p. 175
Sources for Cotton Statistics	p. 183
Stabilization, Adjustment and Rural Livelihoods	p. 185
Notes	p. 190
Bibliography	p. 216
Index	p. 238
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