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First World Hunger: Food Security and Welfare Politics

By Graham Riches (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1997
ISBN
978-0-333-64526-0, 978-1-349-25187-2, 978-0-312-16107-1
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-25187-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23282251 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XV, 200\213
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
Comparative Politics;Sociology of Sport and LeisurSocial Inequality

Description

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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