TY - BOOK ID - 32941638 TI - The Economics of Emergency Food Aid Provision : A Financial, Social and Cultural Perspective AU - Caraher, Martin. AU - Furey, Sinéad. PY - 2018 SN - 3319785060 3319785052 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, DB - UniCat KW - Food relief KW - International relief KW - Economic aspects. KW - Welfare economics. KW - Economics. KW - Political Economy/Economic Policy. KW - Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice. KW - Grants-in-aid, International KW - International grants-in-aid KW - Relief, International KW - Relief (Aid) KW - Charities KW - Economic assistance KW - Public welfare KW - Famine relief KW - Food aid programs KW - Food assistance programs KW - Disaster relief KW - Humanitarian assistance KW - Emergency food supply KW - Economic policy. KW - Economic Policy. KW - Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy. KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Economics KW - Planning KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Economic policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:32941638 AB - This short book reviews the provision of food bank and other emergency food aid provision with a specific focus on the UK, whilst drawing lessons from North America, Brazil and Europe. The authors look at the historical positioning of food aid and the growth of the food aid sector in the UK following the period of austerity 2007-2012, before addressing the causes of food insecurity and concluding that food banks are a symptom of austerity and government inaction which fail to tackle the underlying causes of food poverty. The research is timely, and considers a range of disciplines and practices. This book will appeal to researchers, policy makers and practitioners food economics, welfare economics, public policy, public health, food studies, nutrition, and the wider social sciences. ER -