Overview
- Reflects on the many faces and narratives around contemporary food donation
- Offers a cross-sectional analysis covering a wide time span
- Perceives charitable food from different viewpoints
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book provides an in-depth analysis of different dimensions of contemporary food charity. It does so against the background of an increasing number of food banks and other forms of food philanthropy. The book examines the incongruity of considering food donation as an expression of 'pure altruism'. Taking into account the dignity and rights of people, it addresses how hunger is seen and explained in rich countries and how philanthropy and democracy coexist. It looks at the relationship that exists between religious traditions and the current food donation narrative. It discusses the risks of stigmatizing food recipients, and clarifies ways to better deal with food poverty and food waste. Paradoxically, food insecurity and food waste have grown exponentially in the last decade. More and more people are not able to access food properly. The amount of perfectly edible food that is discarded also grows. The consolidation of democracies, welfare policies, and economic growth do not guarantee that all citizens can meet their basic needs in the so-called rich countries. This book analyses the current state of affairs and presents facts and reflections from diverse sources and from a cross-disciplinary perspective.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Esther Rebato began his university teaching activity in 1985. Since then he has participated in the teaching of the subjects of Physical Anthropology, Primatology (extinguished) and FBA (Anthropology) of the Biology degree. She has taught 3rd cycle in various Doctoral Programs (1987-2009), and abroad (TS mobility, since 2000-present), as well as in the JAKITEZ interactive course from its first edition to the last (2000-2001 / 2006-2007). She participates as a teacher in a degree UPV-EHU, UNED and EI-SEV (since 2007-present), and in the Master's Degree in Nutrition and Health (2009-2010 academic year).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Ethics of Charitable Food
Book Subtitle: Dilemmas for Policy and Practice
Editors: Leire Escajedo San-Epifanio, Esther M. Rebato Ochoa
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93600-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-93599-3Published: 11 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-93602-0Published: 12 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-93600-6Published: 10 May 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 172
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Agricultural Ethics, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights