As the demand for food banks and other emergency food charities continues to rise across the continent, this is the first systematic Europe-wide study of the roots and consequences of this urgent phenomenon. Leading researchers provide case studies from the UK, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain, each considering the history and driving political and social forces behind the rise of food charity, and the influence of changing welfare states. They build into a rich comparative study that delivers valuable evidence for anyone with an academic or professional interest in related issues including social policy, exclusion, poverty and justice.

About the Author
Hannah Lambie-Mumford is a Lecturer at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Her research focuses on food insecurity, food charity responses and the role of public policy. Tiina Silvasti is Professor of Social and Public Policy at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. Her research interests focus on charitable response to food poverty.


Book Information
ISBN 9781447347569
Author Hannah Lambie-Mumford
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Policy Press
Publisher Bristol University Press