Hungry Britain : the rise of food charity

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    • Lambie-Mumford, Hannah

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Hungry Britain : the rise of food charity

Hannah Lambie-Mumford

Policy Press, 2017

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Description and Table of Contents

Volume

hbk. ISBN 9781447328285

Description

Drawing on empirical research with the UK's two largest Food Banks, this book explores the prolific rise of food charity over the last 15 years and its implications for overcoming food insecurity. The book argues that effective, policy-driven solutions require a clear rights-based framework, which enables a range of actors to work together to protect the right to food for all in the UK.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Hunger and charitable emergency food provision in the UK and beyond
  • Theories of the food insecurity 'problem' and the right to food 'solution'
  • Food charity: the 'other' food system
  • The sustainability of food charity
  • Food charity as caring
  • Food charity and the changing welfare state
  • Conclusion.
Volume

pbk. ISBN 9781447328292

Description

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.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Hunger and charitable emergency food provision in the UK and beyond
  • Theories of the food insecurity 'problem' and the right to food 'solution'
  • Food charity: the 'other' food system
  • The sustainability of food charity
  • Food charity as caring
  • Food charity and the changing welfare state
  • Conclusion.

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