First World Hunger : Food Security and Welfare Politics / Graham Riches.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riches, Graham, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food relief.

Hunger.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

xiii, 200 p. ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First World Hunger examines hunger and the politics of food security, and welfare reform (1980-95) in five 'liberal' welfare states (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA). Through national case-studies it explores the depoliticization of hunger as a human rights issue and the failure of New Right policies and charitable emergency relief to guarantee household food security. The need for alternative integrated policies and the necessity of public action are considered essential if hunger is to be eliminated.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Charts

Preface and Acknowledgements

Contributors

1. Hunger and the Welfare State: Comparative Perspectives / Riches, Graham

2. Australia: Lucky Country / Hungry Silence / Wilson, John

3. Hunger in Canada: Abandoning the Right to Food / Riches, Graham

4. Hunger in New Zealand: A Question of Rights? / Uttler, Stephen

5. Let Them Eat Cake! Poverty, Hunger and the UK State / Craig, Gary / Dowler, Elizabeth

6. The USA: Hunger in the Land of Plenty / Poppendieck, Janet

7. Hunger, Welfare and Food Security: Emerging Strategies / Riches, Graham

References

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-196) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9781442602595

1442602597

OCLC:

1110716846