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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

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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
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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