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Uncovering Food Poverty in Ireland

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Michael Drew’s review of the causes and effects of food poverty in Ireland offers the first full-length study of this significant and protracted issue that has been exacerbated by COVID-19. The bo...
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  • 28 June 2022
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Michael Drew’s review of the causes and effects of food poverty in Ireland offers the first full-length study of this significant and protracted issue that has been exacerbated by COVID-19.

The book brings together the complex picture emerging from interviews with users of food aid. Their pathways into and through food poverty are impacted by the policies and practices of government and employers with wide-ranging implications. The work explores the international landscape of food poverty and situates both experiences and responses in a comparative context. It considers how these results contribute to an understanding of the problem and what action should be taken.

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Price: $127.95
Pages: 216
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Policy Press
Publication Date: 28 June 2022
ISBN: 9781447361534
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Cultural studies: food and society, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, Social welfare, social policy and social services
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Michael Drew holds a PhD from the School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice at University College Dublin, and has researched food poverty in Ireland over a five-year period. He has first-hand experience of the topic, having volunteered for many years with the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul, Ireland’s largest voluntary charitable organisation.

1. Introduction

2. An international perspective

3. Poverty and food: the Irish context

4. Interpreting the data

5. Pathways into food poverty

6. Pathways through food poverty

7. Investigating the policy drivers

8. Responses to food poverty

9. Conclusions