Arnaud Kaba, Les réalités du commerce équitable: L’exemple d’une plantation de Darjeeling

This book, an anthropology of labour in Indian society, is an outcome of Arnaud Kaba’s M.Phil. thesis defended in 2010. It deals with ‘fair trade’ as a recent model of production often idealized but also criticized as it has been sometimes used as a simple marketing tool by companies. Taking Dharmabari, a tea garden plantation located in Darjeeling as a case study, the objective is to study this specific management instrument and its social consequences. Deployed over 6 km2 and employing 1000...