The economics of emergency food and provision : a financial, social and cultural perspective / Martin Caraher, Sinéad Furey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caraher, Martin, author.

Furey, Sinéad, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

Palgrave pivot

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food relief--Economic aspects.

Food relief.

International relief--Economic aspects.

International relief.

Physical Description:

xv, 111 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

The growing problem of food poverty and insecurity

Title growth of food banks in the UK (and Europe): leftover food for leftover people

The cultural and economic dimensions of food poverty

Food banks and their contribution/detraction from welfare budgets

Conclusions: so what is the future?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

3319785052

9783319785059

OCLC:

1027191590