First World Hunger

First World Hunger examines hunger and the politics of food security, and welfare reform (1980-95) in five 'liberal' welfare states (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the USA). Through national case-studies it explores the depoliticization of hunger as a human rights issue and the failure of New Right policies and charitable emergency relief to guarantee household food security. The need for alternative integrated policies and the necessity of public action are considered essential if hunger is to be eliminated.

Tables and Charts - Preface and Acknowledgements - Contributors - Hunger and the Welfare State: Comparative Perspectives; G.Riches - Australia: Lucky Country/Hungry Silence; J.Wilson - Hunger in Canada: Abandoning the Right to Food; G.Riches - Hunger in New Zealand: A Question of Rights; S.Uttley - Let Them Eat Cake: Poverty, Hunger and the UK State; G.Craig & E.Dowler - The USA: Hunger in the Land of Plenty; J.Poppendieck - Hunger, Welfare and Food Security: Emerging Strategies; G.Riches - Index