Food and Poverty

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8265-2203-0
Verlag: Vanderbilt University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Food insecurity rates that skyrocketed with the Great Recession have yet to fall to pre-recession levels. Food pantries are stretched thin, and states are imposing new restrictions on programs like SNAP that are preventing people from getting crucial government assistance. At the same time, we see an increase in obesity that results from lack of access to healthy foods. The poor face a daily choice between paying bills and paying for food.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur

Über Autor(innen)

Leslie Hossfeld, Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University, is founding executive director of Feast Down East in southeastern North Carolina and current director of the Mississippi Food Insecurity Project.

E. Brooke Kelly is Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Julia Waity is Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.