Food Banks and the Welfare CrisisJames Lorimer & Company, 1986 - 176 páginas In this prescient book first published in 1986, Graham Riches documents the proliferation of emergency food services in Canada, arguing that food banks represent the collapse of the social safety net. Riches points the finger squarely at governments 'neglect of their social obligations under federal legislation and international conventions, and laments many food banks' reluctance to take .a stand against inadequate social assistance benefits. While food banks receive corporate donations and government grants, corporate interests perpetuate a wasteful food marketing system and governments cut cash benefits. By showing such contradictions in social policy, Food Banks and the Welfare Crisis challenges head-on popular notions about hunger, poverty, and the adequacy of the welfare system. |
Contenido
Why Study Food Banks? | 3 |
A Origins of Food Banks in Canada | 13 |
B Models of Food Banks | 25 |
Collecting Distributing and Rationing the Food | 37 |
A National Crisis? | 51 |
A The Public Safety Net in Canada | 59 |
Their Own Views and Experiences | 65 |
Términos y frases comunes
adequacy agencies Alberta banks in Canada British Columbia Calgary Canada Assistance Plan Canadian Council Canadian food banks Canadian welfare caseloads CCSD cent charitable churches collapse Council on Social crisis cutbacks demand economic Edmonton Food Bank eligibility emergency food federal government Fifth Estate food bank movement food bank organizers food industry food stores Grace McCarthy Greater Vancouver Food hunger hungry Ibid inadequate increased issue job creation labour Manitoba neo-conservative Ontario Ottawa political poor poverty lines problem provinces provincial governments provincial social assistance public safety Quebec question rates receive Regina Food Bank role Saskatchewan Saskatoon sector social allowance social assistance benefits social assistance programmes Social Development Social Planning Council Social Policy social security Social Services social spending social welfare Statistics Canada surplus food Toronto unem unemployed unemployment insurance University of Regina Vancouver Food Bank voluntarism voluntary volunteers wage wasted food welfare system workers