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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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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Graham Riches is Professor of Social Work at the University of Northern British Columbia.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: First World Hunger
Book Subtitle: Food Security and Welfare Politics
Editors: Graham Riches
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25187-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-312-21415-9Published: 27 November 1996
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-25187-2Published: 27 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 200
Topics: Comparative Politics, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Family, Political Science, Human Rights, Social Structure, Social Inequality