Angielski
Hunger and food poverty are rising in many of the world's richest societies. Yet, governments are leaving the primary response up to food charities and corporately sponsored food banks. What is the scale of the problem? Who are the hungry? Who wins, who loses and why are governments violating their obligations under international law to ensure the food security of their most vulnerable citizens? Originally addressed in the 1997 book First World Hunger, this new expanded cross-national study re-examines these questions in twelve high-income countries and emerging economies - Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, the UK, the USA, Finland and Turkey. It challenges the effectiveness of food aid and argues for integrated income redistribution, agriculture, food, health and social policies informed by the Right to Food, whilst critiquing the lack of public policy and political will in achieving food security for all.
