Beck, DJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4600-6905 and Gwilym, H
2020,
'The moral maze of foodbank use'
, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 28 (3)
, pp. 383-399.
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Abstract
The foodbank symbolises a changing landscape of social insecurity and welfare conditionality. Attending to decision making within the foodbank system, this article argues that foodbanks, and their referral-system creates a bureaucratic ‘moral maze’ identifying people as ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’ of help. Maintaining a moral distance, organised religious foodbanks are reliant upon a complex outsourcing of moral decisions and walk a fine balance between supply (donations) and demand (use). Within this article, we argue that the foodbank landscape is akin to navigating a moral maze, and that this creates, and justifies decisions of deservingness.
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools: | Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy |
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Poverty and Social Justice |
Publisher: | Policy Press |
ISSN: | 1759-8273 |
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Depositing User: | USIR Admin |
Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 15:07 |
Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2020 14:00 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/57443 |
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