Food bank nations : poverty, corporate charity and the right to food / Graham Riches.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riches, Graham, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in food, society and environment

Routledge studies in food, society and the environment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food banks--Developed countries.

Food banks.

Food security--Developed countries.

Food security.

Poverty--Developed countries.

Poverty.

Social responsibility of business--Developed countries.

Social responsibility of business.

Developed countries.

Physical Description:

xx, 204 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Contents:

Part I Domestic hunger to charitable food banking p. 15

2 Food poverty and rich world hunger p. 17

3 Rise of food bank nations p. 35

Part II Corporate capture p. 49

4 Corporate capture to rich world consolidation p. 51

5 Corporate food waste: manufacturing surplus food p. 67

6 Corporate food banking: solution or problem p. 84

7 Corporate food charity: false promises or solidarity p. 97

Part III Rights talk and public policy p. 113

8 Collective solidarity and the right to food: moral, legal and political obligations p. 115

9 Public accountability and the right to food: international monitoring to the rescue p. 129

10 Civil society with a right to food bite: reclaiming public policy p. 145

Part IV Gathering political will p. 161

11 Changing the conversation: challenging propositions p. 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138739758

1138739758

9781138739734

1138739731

OCLC:

1009183367