Dr David Beck D.J.Beck@salford.ac.uk
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The food bank : a safety-net in place of welfare security in times of austerity and the Covid-19 crisis
Beck, DJ; Gwilym, H
Authors
H Gwilym
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
Citation
Beck, D., & 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, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746421000907
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 20, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 14, 2022 |
Publication Date | Feb 14, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Nov 30, 2021 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 30, 2021 |
Journal | Social Policy and Society |
Print ISSN | 1474-7464 |
Electronic ISSN | 1475-3073 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746421000907 |
Publisher URL | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746421000907 |
Related Public URLs | http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=SPS |
Additional Information | Access Information : This article has been published in a revised form in Social Policy and Society, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474746421000907. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © The Author(s), 2022. |
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