Sociology
Daniel Jaffee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
Office: Multimedia Bldg. 102U
Phone: 360-546-9279
Email:Areas of Research Interest: Environmental Sociology, Globalization; Development; Food and Agriculture; Rural Sociology; Political Economy; Social Movements
Current Research Interests: My research examines the effects of economic globalization and neoliberal policies on social and environmental conditions for rural communities in the global South, particularly Latin America. I focus on fair trade as an alternative model of international economic exchange, examining the benefits and limitations of participation in fair trade markets for peasant commodity producers. I have conducted extensive field work in rural Mexico on certified organic and fair trade coffee production, and on indigenous community forestry management as a conservation/development strategy.
Additional interests include social movements around sustainable agriculture and resource use in both North and South; the effect of global trade rules on environmental protection and regulation; and issues of access to and privatization of commons resources, particularly water.
Recent Publications:
Daniel Jaffee. 2007. Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability and Survival . University of California Press.
Daniel Jaffee, Jack R. Kloppenburg, and Mario B. Monroy. 2004. “Bringing Home the ‘Moral Charge': Fair Trade Within the North and Within the South.” Rural Sociology 69(2): 169-196.
Awards
C. Wright Mills Award (for books published in 2007), Society for the Study of Social Problems.
Courses
Sociology 332 -- Society and Environment
Sociology 375 -- Aspects of Sustainable Development
Sociology 391 -- Special Topics: Food and Society
Sociology 418 -- Human Issues in International Development
Sociology 536 -- Globalization and Inequality (Pullman)