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As the demand for food banks and other emergency food charities
continues to rise across the continent, this is the first
systematic Europe-wide study of the roots and consequences of this
urgent phenomenon. Leading researchers provide case studies from
the UK, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and
Spain, each considering the history and driving political and
social forces behind the rise of food charity, and the influence of
changing welfare states. They build into a rich comparative study
that delivers valuable evidence for anyone with an academic or
professional interest in related issues including social policy,
exclusion, poverty and justice.
In the world's most affluent and food secure societies, why is it
now publicly acceptable to feed donated surplus food, dependent on
corporate food waste, to millions of hungry people? While
recognizing the moral imperative to feed hungry people, this book
challenges the effectiveness, sustainability and moral legitimacy
of globally entrenched corporate food banking as the primary
response to rich world food poverty. It investigates the prevalence
and causes of domestic hunger and food waste in OECD member states,
the origins and thirty-year rise of US style charitable food
banking, and its institutionalization and corporatization. It
unmasks the hidden functions of transnational corporate food
banking which construct domestic hunger as a matter for charity
thereby allowing indifferent and austerity-minded governments to
ignore increasing poverty and food insecurity and their moral,
legal and political obligations, under international law, to
realize the right to food. The book's unifying theme is
understanding the food bank nation as a powerful metaphor for the
deep hole at the centre of neoliberalism, illustrating: the
de-politicization of hunger; the abandonment of social rights; the
stigma of begging and loss of human dignity; broken social safety
nets; the dysfunctional food system; the shift from income security
to charitable food relief; and public policy neglect. It exposes
the hazards of corporate food philanthropy and the moral vacuum
within negligent governments and their lack of public
accountability. The advocacy of civil society with a right to food
bite is urgently needed to gather political will and advance
'joined-up' policies and courses of action to ensure food security
for all.
In the world's most affluent and food secure societies, why is it
now publicly acceptable to feed donated surplus food, dependent on
corporate food waste, to millions of hungry people? While
recognizing the moral imperative to feed hungry people, this book
challenges the effectiveness, sustainability and moral legitimacy
of globally entrenched corporate food banking as the primary
response to rich world food poverty. It investigates the prevalence
and causes of domestic hunger and food waste in OECD member states,
the origins and thirty-year rise of US style charitable food
banking, and its institutionalization and corporatization. It
unmasks the hidden functions of transnational corporate food
banking which construct domestic hunger as a matter for charity
thereby allowing indifferent and austerity-minded governments to
ignore increasing poverty and food insecurity and their moral,
legal and political obligations, under international law, to
realize the right to food. The book's unifying theme is
understanding the food bank nation as a powerful metaphor for the
deep hole at the centre of neoliberalism, illustrating: the
de-politicization of hunger; the abandonment of social rights; the
stigma of begging and loss of human dignity; broken social safety
nets; the dysfunctional food system; the shift from income security
to charitable food relief; and public policy neglect. It exposes
the hazards of corporate food philanthropy and the moral vacuum
within negligent governments and their lack of public
accountability. The advocacy of civil society with a right to food
bite is urgently needed to gather political will and advance
'joined-up' policies and courses of action to ensure food security
for all.
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 US). Through national case-studies it explores the depoliticization of hunger as a human rights issue and the failure of the 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.
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.
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