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Holiday Hunger in the UK: Local Responses to Childhood Food Insecurity book cover

1st Edition

Holiday Hunger in the UK Local Responses to Childhood Food Insecurity

By Michael A. Long, Margaret Anne Defeyter, Paul B. Stretesky Copyright 2022
160 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This timely and much-needed book focuses on the phenomenon often referred to as "holiday hunger" in the United Kingdom.  The book begins by outlining the history and scope of holiday hunger – the condition that occurs when a child’s household is, or will become, food insecure during the summer holidays. The decline of the UK welfare state and the rise of neoliberalism have created a... Read more

1. Holiday Hunger in the UK

2. Neoliberalism, Food Insecurity and Holiday Hunger

3. Coping with the Impacts of Holiday Hunger

4. The Anatomy of Holiday Programmes (2014–2019)

5. Benefits of UK Holiday Club Programmes

6. Challenges and Limitations of UK Holiday Programmes and Individual Clubs

7. Holiday Hunger in the Covid-19 Global Pandemic

8. Conclusion

Biography

Michael A. Long is Professor in the Department of Sociology, Oklahoma State University, USA.

Margaret Anne Defeyter is Professor of Developmental Psychology in the Department of Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing, Northumbria University, UK.

Paul B. Stretesky is Professor in the Department of Social Sciences, Northumbria University, UK.

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