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Food and Poverty in Britain: Rights and Responsibilities
Author(s) -
Dowler Elizabeth
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
social policy and administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1467-9515
pISSN - 0144-5596
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9515.00312
Subject(s) - poverty , psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , face (sociological concept) , economic growth , social policy , political science , discipline , social protection , development economics , sociology , economics , social science , law , psychology , psychiatry
Social policy and food/nutrition are both to some extent contested disciplines and areas for intervention. The role of food in poverty definition and measurement by experts and within the lived experience by those defined poor, has been a neglected component of disciplinary study and focused policy response in Britain in the latter half of the twentieth century. This paper explores the historical and contemporary complementarities and challenges, and examines some of the consequences poor people face because society has ignored the social aspects of nutritional needs, and the nutritional contributions to poverty definition and interventions. Current policy initiatives in the health, food and social sectors in Britain are briefly reviewed and their potential shortcomings discussed.