Hunger Pains : Life inside Foodbank Britain /

We know the statistics, but what does it feel like to be forced to turn to foodbanks for help? What does it take to get emergency food, and what's in the food parcel? This is a powerful insight into the harsh reality of foodbank use from the inside.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Garthwaite, Kayleigh (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago, Illinois : Policy Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Food banks.
Economic policy.
Economic history.
Economics.
Food Assistance.
Food banks > Great Britain.
Great Britain.
Great Britain > Economic policy > 1997-
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • HUNGER PAINS
  • Contents
  • List of figures and boxes
  • Figures
  • Boxes
  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Poverty and destitution
  • Austerity, welfare reform and foodbank use
  • Ongoing reform: who pays the price?
  • Structure of the book
  • What this book aims to do
  • 1. Researching foodbank use
  • Why Stockton-on-Tees?
  • First impressions
  • Learning the ropes
  • Who are the volunteers?
  • Being a volunteer researcher
  • 2. Foodbanks: what do they do?
  • What is a foodbank?
  • How does a Trussell Trust foodbank work?
  • International foodbank use
  • 3. The politics of foodbank use in the UK
  • Measurement and controversy
  • Rising foodbank use: individual or state responsibility?
  • Foodbank rhetoric vs real life
  • Political apathy, or not being listened to?
  • 4. Why do people use a foodbank?
  • 'Abusing the system?'
  • So why did people come to the foodbank?
  • Immediate income crises
  • Conclusion
  • 5. All work, low pay: finding, keeping and doing precarious jobs
  • Job seeking
  • Precarious work
  • Ill-health and work
  • Conclusion
  • 6. "Doing the best I can with what I've got": food and health on a low income
  • 'Going hungry'
  • Doing "the best I can with what I've got"
  • Ill-health and food on a low income
  • Mental health
  • Suicide
  • Conclusion
  • 7. Stigma, shame and "people like us"
  • The rise of 'poverty porn'
  • Middle-class perspectives on foodbanks
  • Shame
  • Embarrassment
  • Conclusion
  • Conclusion: is foodbank Britain here to stay?
  • Are foodbanks here to stay?
  • Will public support for food aid disappear?
  • Is there an alternative?
  • What needs to change?
  • Afterword
  • Notes
  • Introduction
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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