First World Hunger Revisited: Food Charity or the Right to Food?

Is food aid the way of the future? What are the prospects for integrated public policies informed by the right to food? First World Hunger Revisited investigates the rise of food charity and corporately sponsored food banks as effective and sustainable responses to increasing hunger and food poverty in twelve rich 'food-secure' societies.

Author: G. Riches
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/11/2014
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781137298720

About the Author
Sue Booth, Flinders University, Australia Yan-yan Chen, Fudan University, China Elizabeth Dowler, University of Warwick, UK Sheryl Hendriks, University of Pretoria, South Africa Jouko Karjalainen, National Institute of Welfare and Health, Finland Mustafa Koc, Ryerson University, Canada Angela McIntyre, University of Pretoria, South Africa Mike O'Brien, University of Auckland, New Zealand Karlos Pérez de Armiño, University of the Basque Country, Spain Jan Poppendieck, Hunter College, City University of New York, USA Cecilia Rocha, Ryerson University, Canada Kwong-leung Tang, University of British Columbia, Canada Valerie Tarasuk, University of Toronto, Canada Yu-hong Zhu, Renmin University of China, China Jüri Kõre, University of Tartu, Estonia