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The Economics of Emergency Food Aid Provision: A Financial, Social and Cultural Perspective de Martin Caraher

The Economics of Emergency Food Aid Provision: A Financial, Social and Cultural Perspective

Autor Martin Caraher, Sinéad Furey
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 7 iun 2018
This short book reviews the provision of food bank and other emergency food aid provision with a specific focus on the UK, whilst drawing lessons from North America, Brazil and Europe. The authors look at the historical positioning of food aid and the growth of the food aid sector in the UK following the period of austerity 2007-2012, before addressing the causes of food insecurity and concluding that food banks are a symptom of austerity and government inaction which fail to tackle the underlying causes of food poverty. The research is timely, and considers a range of disciplines and practices. This book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and practitioners food economics, welfare economics, public policy, public health, food studies, nutrition, and the wider social sciences.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783319785059
ISBN-10: 3319785052
Pagini: 111
Ilustrații: XV, 111 p. 11 illus.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2018
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Pivot
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. The Growing Problems of Food Poverty and Insecurity.- 2.  Growth of Food Banks in the UK (and Europe): Leftover Food for Leftover People.- 3. The Cultural and economic Dimensions of Food Poverty.- 4. Food Banks and their Contribution/Detraction from Welfare Budgets.- 5. Conclusion: So What is the Future?


Notă biografică

Martin Caraher is Professor of Food Policy at City, University of London, UK. He has worked for and acted as a consultant to the UK Dept of Health, the World Bank and the World Health Organisation. He currently acts as an adviser to the European Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (DG Sanco) and is a member of the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) scientific committee. 
 

Sinead Furey is a lecturer in Consumer Management and Food Innovation at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. She previously worked in consumer, food and nutrition policy in the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland, Education and Training Inspectorate, and the Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland. 

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This short book reviews the provision of food bank and other emergency food aid provision with a specific focus on the UK, whilst drawing lessons from North America, Brazil and Europe. The authors look at the historical positioning of food aid and the growth of the food aid sector in the UK following the period of austerity 2007-2012, before addressing the causes of food insecurity and concluding that food banks are a symptom of austerity and government inaction which fail to tackle the underlying causes of food poverty. The research is timely, and considers a range of disciplines and practices. This book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and practitioners food economics, welfare economics, public policy, public health, food studies, nutrition, and the wider social sciences.

Caracteristici

Addresses the economics of food poverty in the larger realm of the welfare state Locates food banks as 'successful failures', and considers what this means for society Proposes that charity and the use of waste/surplus is not the answer to food poverty