Hungry Britain : the rise of food charity / Hannah Lambie-Mumford ; foreword by Patrick Butler (The Guardian).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambie-Mumford, Hannah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food banks--Great Britain.

Food banks.

Public welfare--Great Britain.

Public welfare.

Poverty.

Great Britain.

Poverty--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xi, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.

Summary:

Drawing on empirical research with the UK's two largest charitable food organisations, this book explores the prolific rise of food charity over the last 15 years and its implications for overcoming food insecurity. As the welfare state withdraws, leaving food banks to protect the most vulnerable the author questions the sustainability of this system and asks where responsibility lies - in practice and in theory - for ensuring everyone can realise their human right to food. The book argues that effective, policy-driven solutions require a clear rights-based framework, which enables a range of actors including the state, charities and the food industry to work together towards, and be held accountable for, the progressive realisation of the right to food for all in the UK. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Hunger and charitable emergency food provision in the UK and beyond 9

3 Theories of the food insecurity 'problem' and the right to food 'solution' 33

4 Food charity: the 'other' food system 57

5 The sustainability of food charity 75

6 Food charity as caring 95

7 Food charity and the changing welfare state 113

8 Conclusion 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-169) and index.

ISBN:

9781447328285

1447328280

9781447328292

1447328299

OCLC:

995357700