The Politics of Food Insecurity in Canada and the United Kingdom
Edited by Zsofia Mendly-Zambo and Dennis Raphael
Published
Jan 7, 2025Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1447370680Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 7, 2025Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1447370703Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy PressPublished
Jan 7, 2025Page count
214 pagesISBN
978-1447370703Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Policy Press
The Politics of Food Insecurity in Canada and the United Kingdom
Addressing a neglected area in academic research, media coverage and public understanding, this book takes a critical political economy approach to understanding food insecurity in Canada and the UK.
It examines how current economic and political systems create food insecurity and why food charity does little to address the problem, diverting the attention of policy makers, the media and the public from the sources of food insecurity.
This book provides a vision of a future whereby public control over the distribution of resources –including food – will eliminate food insecurity and other conditions that threaten health.
“We cannot forget that issues of food poverty are still with us. Books like this remind us to challenge our politicians that poverty is not an acceptable situation.” Dave Beck, University of Salford
“A powerful call to action that demonstrates the need for transformation of the economic system if we are to move away from relying on corporate-backed charity as a failed response to poverty.” Kayleigh Garthwaite, University of Birmingham
Zsofia Mendly-Zambo is a PhD candidate in Health Policy and Equity at the School of Health Policy and Management at York University, Toronto. Her research areas include food insecurity and farmer mental health.
Dennis Raphael, PhD, is a Professor at the School of Health Policy and Management at York University in Toronto. He works in the area of the political economy of health.
1. Introducing the politics of food insecurity - Dennis Raphael
2. Food insecurity in Canada and the United Kingdom - Zsofia Mendly-Zambo
3. Food banks, food diversion, and other responses - Dennis Raphael
4. Charity and capitalism - Nicola Livingstone and Lucy Natarajan
5. Implications and the way forward - Toba Bryant
6. Conclusion - Zsofia Mendly-Zambo and Dennis Raphael
