First World Hunger : : Food Security and Welfare Politics /

First World Hunger : : Food Security and Welfare Politics / / ed. by Graham Riches.

Published Under the Garamond Imprint Hunger and undernutrition are widespread in many advanced capitalist societies. Hunger is now publicly acceptable despite undermining common standards of human decency and abro-gating the basic right of people to adequate food as guaranteed in domestic and intern...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Craig, Gary,
Dowler, Elizabeth,
Poppendieck, Janet,
Riches, Graham,
Uttler, Stephen,
Wilson, John,
HerausgeberIn:
Riches, Graham,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©1997
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Tables and Charts
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • Contributors
  • 1. Hunger and the Welfare State: Comparative Perspectives
  • 2. Australia: Lucky Country / Hungry Silence
  • 3. Hunger in Canada: Abandoning the Right to Food
  • 4. Hunger in New Zealand: A Question of Rights?
  • 5. Let Them Eat Cake! Poverty, Hunger and the UK State
  • 6. The USA: Hunger in the Land of Plenty
  • 7. Hunger, Welfare and Food Security: Emerging Strategies
  • References
  • Index

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