Beck, DJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4600-6905 and Gwilym, H
2022,
'The food bank : a safety-net in place of welfare security in times of austerity and the Covid-19 crisis'
, Social Policy and Society
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Abstract
The food bank has become a charitable safety-net for those who have been failed by the social security system in times of austerity and during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this article we evidence the rise of food banking in the context of declining social security, examining the decade of austerity in the UK and the Covid-19 period. We also contextualise the process of normalisation of food banks as a new safety-net in a reduced welfare state. We argue that the welfare state has failed to address a fundamental ‘Want’ – namely, food security
Item Type: | Article |
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Schools: | Schools > School of Health and Society |
Journal or Publication Title: | Social Policy and Society |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
ISSN: | 1474-7464 |
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Depositing User: | DJ Beck |
Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2021 09:22 |
Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2022 16:00 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/62441 |
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