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Based on cross-national research carried out with low-income families with children aged 11-15, Families and Food in Hard Times examines food poverty in the UK, Portugal and Norway following the 2008 financial crisis.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Connell, Rebecca (Autor)
Otros Autores: Brannen, Julia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : UCL Press, [2021].
Temas:
2008-2009
Poor families > Great Britain.
Poor families > Portugal.
Poor families > Norway.
Food security > Great Britain.
Food security > Portugal.
Food security > Norway.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Familles pauvres > Grande-Bretagne.
Familles pauvres > Portugal.
Familles pauvres > Norvège.
Sécurité alimentaire > Grande-Bretagne.
Sécurité alimentaire > Portugal.
Sécurité alimentaire > Norvège.
Crise financière mondiale, 2008-2009.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness
Food security
Poor families
Great Britain
Norway
Portugal
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Section 1 Setting the scene
  • 1 The national contexts: the UK, Portugal and Norway
  • The UK, Portugal and Norway: their history, characteristics and welfare regimes
  • Poverty and inequality among families after the 2008 financial crisis
  • Rising household food insecurity in Europe after the 2008 financial crisis
  • Food poverty and public discourse
  • Food, food policy and responsibility for household food insecurity
  • Food aid in austerity Europe
  • Notes
  • 2 Research questions and concepts
  • The study's research questions
  • Food poverty: a relative and political approach
  • The material dimension of food poverty
  • The social dimension: exclusion from customary food practices
  • The psychosocial dimension: worry and shame
  • Understanding the household as a resource unit
  • Food, poverty and change
  • Children and poverty
  • Notes
  • 3 The study
  • The macro level: documentary and secondary analysis of international data
  • The meso level: the areas where the families live
  • The micro level: the parents and children
  • Selecting the families
  • The qualitative methods
  • The families
  • Analysing the data
  • Ethical considerations
  • Notes
  • 4 Which types of family are at risk of food insecurity?
  • The international data: European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions
  • Family type in the UK, Portugal and Norway
  • Families at risk of income poverty and food insecurity
  • Types of family at risk of food insecurity
  • The relationship between family type, income poverty and food insecurity
  • Discussion
  • Households experiencing food insecurity in the qualitative research
  • Children and parents going without enough to eat
  • The quality of children's diets
  • Discussion
  • Notes
  • Section 2 Households as resource units
  • 5 Three families headed by an unemployed lone mother
  • Living hand to mouth in a coastal town in the UK: Angela and Bryony
  • Frequent hunger in an extended family in Lisbon: Lala and Goncalo
  • Using the credit card to buy food in a migrant family in Oslo: Faduma and Sadia
  • Discussion
  • Notes
  • 6 Three dual-earner households
  • Low and fluctuating income in a coastal UK town: Sally and Owen
  • Low wages and not enough hours in Lisbon: Sonia and Bianca
  • Disability benefits and one insecure income in the Norwegian countryside: Marit, her two sons, Asgier and Filip, and her daughter, Rebeka
  • Discussion
  • Notes
  • 7 Three undocumented migrant families
  • Destitution and child hunger in a hostile UK: Morowa and her teenage sons, Emmanuel and Gideon
  • Surviving in the informal economy in Portugal: Nuria and Tola
  • Feeding a large family on state benefits in Norway: Aamina and Jamal
  • Discussion
  • Notes

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