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Hunger, Whiteness and Religion in Neoliberal Britain : An Inequality of Power

Exploring why food aid exists and the deeper causes of food poverty, this book addresses neglected dimensions of traditional debates. It challenges neoliberal governmentality and shows how food charity maintains inequalities of class, race, religion and gender.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Power, Maddy
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Hunger, Whiteness and Religion in Neoliberal Britain: An Inequality of Power
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • 1 Introduction
  • Some essential terminology
  • Food insecurity
  • Food aid
  • What is hunger? Food insecurity, food poverty and how we got here
  • The setting
  • A brief history of Bradford: 1850 to the present day
  • A brief history of York: AD 71 to the present day
  • The study
  • Positionality in the research process
  • Chapter summary
  • Notes
  • 2 Revising perspectives on neoliberalism, hunger and food insecurity
  • Introduction: what is the need for theory?
  • Political economy of food charity
  • Liberalism and neoliberalism
  • Political economic doctrine
  • Governmentality
  • Subjectivities
  • Neoliberalism and critical approaches to food charity
  • Religious neoliberalism
  • Racial neoliberalism
  • The post-racial state
  • Whiteness
  • Rights-based approaches to food insecurity
  • Food aid and mutual aid
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 3 Food aid and neoliberalism: an alliance built on shared interests?
  • Introduction: the rise of food charity?
  • "Whose responsibility is it to feed the poor?"
  • "Universal Credit has wrecked us"
  • COVID-19 and the institutionalisation of food charity in the UK
  • The manifestation of neoliberal ethics in food charity
  • Food charity, neoliberalism and exclusion
  • 'There are certain people who, kind of by default, are choosing their situation': neoliberal narratives in food aid
  • Neoliberal definitions of need
  • Approved food choices
  • Virtue and ambivalence
  • Diversity and complexity in contemporary food charity
  • Historical precedents and parallels
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 4 Soup and salvation: realising religion through contemporary food charity
  • Introduction: faith and food charity in the 21st century
  • Theological perspectives on food and charity
  • Food and charity in Sikhism
  • Charity and food in Islam
  • Justice and charity in Judaism
  • Food and charity in the Judeo-Christian tradition
  • Faith and food charity in Bradford and York
  • "Bringing heaven down to earth": motivations for faith-based food charity
  • "They have tried sex, drugs and alcohol, but they haven't tried God": saving the hungry through food charity
  • "Before the meal, we say a word from the Bible": manifestations of faith in food aid
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • 5 Whiteness, racism and colourblindness in UK food aid
  • Introduction: from religious to racial exclusion
  • Racism and Whiteness in US food aid: colourblindness and universalism
  • Racism and Whiteness in US emergency food provision
  • Racial inequality in UK poverty and food insecurity
  • Exploring the under-representation of minority ethnic households in emergency food aid
  • Manifestations of Whiteness in the emergency food system
  • Colourblindness
  • Universalism