The Economics of Emergency Food Aid Provision
- Addresses the economics of food poverty in the larger realm of the welfare state - Locates food banks as 'successful failures', and considers what this means for society - Proposes that charity and the use of waste/surplus is not the answer to food poverty
| Autor: | Caraher, Martin Furey, Sinéad |
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| ISBN: | 9783319785059 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 111 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer International Publishing |
| Veröffentlicht: | 07.06.2018 |
| Untertitel: | A Financial, Social and Cultural Perspective |
| Schlagworte: | Emergency food aid provision Food banks food aid system food banking food insecurity food poverty hunger social supermarkets |
Martin Caraher is Professor of Food Policy at City, University of London, UK. He has worked for and acted as a consultant to the UK Dept of Health, the World Bank and the World Health Organisation. He currently acts as an adviser to the European Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (DG Sanco) and is a member of the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) scientific committee. Sinead Furey is a lecturer in Consumer Management and Food Innovation at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. She previously worked in consumer, food and nutrition policy in the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland, Education and Training Inspectorate, and the Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland.