For a complete list of publications, organized by type (e.g., peer reviewed vs. intended for a broader audience) please see Dr. Bennett’s CV. If you are unable to access an article, please email (ElizabethBennett@lclark.edu).
LIVING WAGES, SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATIONS, & SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
2024. “Global Governance through Voluntary Sustainability Standards: Developments, Trends and Challenges,” Global Policy with Axel Marx, Charline Depoorter, Santiago Fernandez de Cordoba, Rupal Verma, Graeme Auld, Janne Bemelmans, Elizabeth A. Bennett, Eva Boonaert, Clara Brandi, Thomas Dietz, Mercedes Fernandez Araoz, Eve Fouilleux, Janina Grabs, Lars H. Gulbrandsen, James Harrison, Robert Heilmayr, Ariel Hernandez, Bernard Hoekman, Siti Ruby Lambert, Eric Lambin, Li Li, Miet Maertens, Paulo Mortara Batistic, Etsuyo Michida, Junji Nakagawa, Archna Negi, Jorge A. Pérez-Pineda, Stefano Ponte, Ximena Rueda, Philip Schleifer, Vera Thorstensen, and Hamish van der Ven. (open access)
2024 – “Labor Justice and Global Economic Governance: How is labor included in and impacted by the International Labour Organization and Corporate Social Responsibility?” in Justice in Global Economic Governance: Reforming the World Economy to Promote Fair Globalization, Eds. Clara Brandi, Eszter Kollar, and Axel Berger, Edinburgh University Press (download).
2022 – “Business and Human Rights: The Efficacy of Voluntary Standards, Sustainability Certifications, and Ethical Labels” chapter in the Research Handbook on Business and Human Rights edited by Axel Marx, Geert Van Calster, and Jan Wouters, London:Edward Elgar (download).
2021. “Voluntary Sustainability Certifications: What is the Point?” The Global Justice and Human Rights Journal Review 1(4): 18-23. A commentary on J. Grabs (2020) ‘Selling Sustainability Short? The Private Governance of Labor and the Environment in the Coffee Sector’ (Cambridge University Press, 2020). (link to open access download)
2021. “Do Sustainability Certifications Contribute to Social Justice and Environmental Protection?” Governance, June: 949-952. Review of J. Grabs ‘Selling Sustainability Short? The Private Governance of Labor and the Environment in the Coffee Sector’ (Cambridge University Press, 2020). (read here) (download)
2018 – “Voluntary Sustainability Standards: A Squandered Opportunity to Improve Workers’ Wages” (2018) Sustainable Development. (download)
2017 – “Who Governs Socially-Oriented Voluntary Sustainability Standards? Not the Producers of Certified Products” article in World Development vol. 91: 53-69. (download)
2017 – “Empowering Producers Means Sharing Power with Producers” blog post for The Fairtrade Blog (published by Fairtrade America, January 3) (link)
2016 – “Book review: ‘Constructing Private Governance: The Rise and Evolution of Forest, Coffee, and Fisheries Certification’ by Graeme Auld, Yale University Press, 2014,” in Perspectives on Politics 14(2): 591-592. (download)
2012 – “Standards Setting INGOs in the 21st Century” article in the ISEAL newsletter (International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labeling Alliance). (link) (download)
CANNABIS (MARIJUANA), SUSTAINABILITY, & LEGALIZATION
2021 – “Consumer Activism, Sustainable Supply Chains, and the Cannabis Market” chapter in The Routledge Handbook of Interdisciplinary Cannabis Research, pp. 192-200, edited by Dominic Corva and Joshua Miesel. London: Routledge. (download) (volume here)
2019 – “Passing on Pot: When Environmental Organizations Disengage from Political Consumerism in Highly Stigmatized Sectors” Environmental Politics, online p. 1-28. (here)
1-page summary of three recent projects completed 2015-2018 (here).
2018 – “Prohibition, Legalization, and Political Consumerism: Insights from the US and Canadian Cannabis Markets,” chapter in in The Oxford Handbook of Political Consumerism, edited by Magnus Boström, Michele Micheletti, and Peter Oosterveer. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (download)
2017 – “Extending Ethical Consumerism Theory to Semi-Legal Sectors: Insights from Recreational Cannabis” article in Agriculture and Human Values, 35(2), 295-317. (download)
2017 – “Fair Cannabis? The Need for Labor Protection in America’s Fastest-Growing Agricultural Sector” article in For a Better World Magazine (published by Fair World Project), Issue 14, spring/summer: 13-14. (link or download)
2010 – “Overstating Poppy: The U.S. Counter Narcotics, Counter Terrorism, and Development Policy Nexus in Afghanistan,” The Journal of International Policy Solutions. University of California – San Diego (winter issue). (download)
See also: HEC Paris (Business School) 2018 conference on “Marketing Cannabis as a Non-Contested Commodity”
PROFIT SHARING IN COFFEE SUPPLY CHAINS
2021 – “Rethinking the “necessary” trade-offs of distributing value to suppliers: An analysis of the profit-sharing model” Carr Center Discussion Paper Series 4/7/2021, Harvard Kennedy School (link) with Janina Grabs.
2021 – “Profit Sharing: Towards a Just and Stable Future for Coffee Growers” 25 Magazine, Volume 25, Issue 14 with Janina Grabs. (link) (download)
2021 – “Two Case Studies of Profit Sharing in Global Supply Chains: Catracha Coffee Company & Thrive Farmers International, Inc.” with Janina Grabs. (download)
Under review – “HIP (Hybrid Integrated Profit-Sharing) Social Enterprise Models: A Novel Approach to Value Sharing in the Coffee Sector and Beyond” with Janina Grabs.
FAIR TRADE MOVEMENT & FAIRTRADE CERTIFICATION
2024 – “(How) do social and sustainability entrepreneurs in non-traditional sectors engage fair trade principles? The case of legalized cannabis (marijuana)” Journal of Fair Trade.
2020 – “The Global Fair Trade Movement: For Whom, By Whom, How, and What Next” (2019) pgs. 459-477 in The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology, eds. Michael Bell, Michael Carolan, Julie Keller, and Katharine Legun. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (download)
2016 – “Governance, Legitimacy, and Stakeholder Balance: Lessons from Fairtrade International” Social Enterprise Journal 12(3): 322-346. (download)
2015 – The Handbook of Research on Fair Trade. Edited volume, co-edited with Laura Raynolds. London: Edward Elgar. (more here)
2015 – “Introduction to Research on Fair Trade” chapter in The Handbook of Fair Trade Research, Eds. Laura Raynolds and Elizabeth Bennett. London: Edward Elgar. With Laura Raynolds. (download)
2015 – “Fairtrade International Governance” chapter in The Handbook of Fair Trade Research, Eds. Laura Raynolds and Elizabeth Bennett. London: Edward Elgar. (link) (Fairtrade International’s governance history summarized in a 1-page table)
2015 – “Book Review: ‘Alternative Trade: Legacies for the Future’ by Gavin Fridell, Fernwood Publishing, 2013,” invited review in Journal of World Systems Research 21(1): 224-227. (download)
2012 – “A Short History of Fairtrade Certification Governance” chapter in The Processes and Practices of Fair Trade: Trust, Ethics and Governance, Eds. Janet Dine and Brigitte Granville. London: Routledge, pp. 43-78. (download)
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP, & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2022 (book chapter) – “Feeling Good or Doing Good? Enabling Economic Exploitation through Ambiguous Bliss, Willful Ignorance, and Polarized Thinking” in Sidney Homan’s anthology Playing with Reality: Denying, Manipulating, Converting, Enhancing What Is There (Routledge). (download).
2014 (book) – The Civic Imagination: Making a Difference in American Political Life. Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. Book, equally co-authored with Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Alissa Cordner, Peter Taylor Klein, and Stephanie Savell. (more here)
2015 – “Civic Innovation and Creative Campaigns: How Fresh Ideas Are Compromising Local Democracy” article in Metropolitics. Co-authored with Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Alissa Cordner, Peter Taylor Klein, Stephanie Savell. (link)
2015 – “Disavowing Politics: Civic Engagement in an Era of Political Skepticism” The American Journal of Sociology, 19(1): 518-548. With Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Alissa Cordner, Peter Taylor Klein, Stephanie Savell. (download) (on Brian Lehrer TV Show)
2012 – “Global Social Movements in Global Governance” article in Globalizations, 9(6): 799-813. (download)
2012 – Film Review: “The Dark Side of Chocolate (Bastard Film 2010) for the Critical Investigations Into Humanitarianism in Africa Blog, University of California- Irvine. (link) (download)
2012 – “Verifying Social Enterprises: Applying Lessons from the Fair Trade Movement” chapter in Patterns of Social Entrepreneurship Research, Eds. Jill Kickul and Sophie Bacq. London: Edward Elgar. First author, with Don Gregory, Robert Leaver, and Kelly Ramirez. (download)