First world hunger revisited [electronic resource] : food charity or the right to food? /
Riches, G.editor.
Silvasti, T.editor.
Is food aid the way of the future? What are the prospects for integrated public policies informed by the right to food? First World Hunger Revisited investigates the rise of food charity and corporately sponsored food banks as effective and sustainable responses to increasing hunger and food poverty in twelve rich 'food-secure' societies.
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Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Hunger in the Rich World: Food Aid and Right to Food Perspectives; 2 Food Banks in Australia: Discouraging the Right to Food; 3 A Right to Food Approach: Public Food Banks in Brazil; 4 Canada: Thirty Years of Food Charity and Public Policy Neglect; 5 Hunger and Food Aid in Estonia: A Local Authority and Family Obligation; 6 Hunger in a Nordic Welfare State: Finland; 7 Poverty Amid Growth: Post-1997 Hong Kong Food Banks
8 Privatizing the Right to Food: Aotearoa/New Zealand9 Between Markets and Masses: Food Assistance and Food Banks in South Africa; 10 Erosion of Rights, Uncritical Solidarity and Food Banks in Spain; 11 Food Banking in Turkey: Conservative Politics in a Neo-Liberal State; 12 Food Banks and Food Justice in 'Austerity Britain'; 13 Food Assistance, Hunger and the End of Welfare in the USA; 14 Hunger and Food Charity in Rich Societies: What Hope for the Right to Food?; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Is food aid the way of the future? What are the prospects for integrated public policies informed by the right to food? First World Hunger Revisited investigates the rise of food charity and corporately sponsored food banks as effective and sustainable responses to increasing hunger and food poverty in twelve rich 'food-secure' societies.
International relations.
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Welfare state.
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International Relations.
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Politics of the Welfare State.
Social Work and Community Development.
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