Uncovering Food Poverty in Ireland A Hidden Deprivation.

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Offering a much-needed analysis of the overlooked crisis of food poverty in Ireland, this book brings together the complex picture emerging from interviews with users of food aid, explores the international landscape of food poverty and what action should be taken.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Drew, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2022.
Temas:
Food supply > Social aspects > Ireland.
Poverty > Ireland.
Food supply > Government policy > Ireland.
Food security > Ireland.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Aspect social > Irlande.
Pauvreté > Irlande.
Aliments > Approvisionnement > Politique gouvernementale > Irlande.
Sécurité alimentaire > Irlande.
Food security
Food supply > Government policy
Food supply > Social aspects
Poverty
Ireland
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Uncovering Food Poverty in Ireland: A Hidden Deprivation
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • Background
  • Literature on poverty and food poverty
  • Poverty
  • Definitions
  • Food poverty research
  • Why a book on food poverty?
  • Structural outline
  • 2 An international perspective
  • Introduction
  • Poverty: a food perspective
  • Measurement of poverty
  • Absolute poverty
  • Measurement of poverty in the United States
  • Relative poverty
  • Material deprivation
  • Food poverty and food insecurity: definitions, measurement and empirical findings
  • Definitions of food poverty
  • Definitions of food insecurity
  • Measuring food poverty and food insecurity
  • Food poverty
  • Food insecurity
  • Food bank research
  • Drivers of food poverty and food insecurity
  • Cost of food
  • Impact of social policies
  • Social protection
  • Low pay and precarious employment
  • Housing costs, accommodation type and homelessness
  • Food deserts: location-based food poverty
  • Food and convenience
  • Conclusions
  • 3 Poverty and food: the Irish context
  • Introduction
  • Food and poverty research in Ireland
  • Measurement
  • Qualitative research
  • Food poverty research in Ireland
  • Explanations for poverty and food poverty in Ireland
  • Inadequate social protection
  • Welfare state typology
  • Recent developments in social protection
  • Capacity for change
  • Carers
  • Illness and disability
  • Low pay and precarious employment
  • Household type
  • Housing
  • Cost of food
  • Food deserts
  • Policy and political profile of food poverty
  • Conclusions
  • 4 Interpreting the data
  • Introduction
  • Prevalence of food poverty in Ireland, 2006-18
  • Characteristics of those experiencing food poverty in Ireland
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Food poverty: Ireland in comparative context
  • Food poverty
  • Food insecurity
  • Conclusions
  • 5 Pathways into food poverty
  • Introduction
  • Pathways into food poverty
  • Inadequate social security
  • Income protection
  • Housing
  • Illness/disability
  • Low pay and precarious employment
  • Employment
  • Employment and caring
  • Conclusions
  • 6 Pathways through food poverty
  • Introduction
  • Impacts of food poverty
  • Hunger and running out of food
  • Healthy eating and special diets
  • Emotions
  • Social exclusion
  • Coping strategies
  • Making ends meet
  • Food shopping
  • Providing for children
  • Special occasions
  • Moneylenders
  • Social networks
  • Conclusions
  • 7 Investigating the policy drivers
  • Introduction
  • Inadequate social protection
  • Income protection
  • Housing
  • Illness/disability
  • Caring
  • Low pay and precarious employment
  • Conclusions
  • 8 Responses to food poverty
  • Introduction
  • Responses to food poverty in Ireland
  • Responses from state
  • Responses from voluntary sector
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
  • European context

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