Hunger, food security and welfare policies: Issues and debates in First World societies

Abstract

The present paper explores the relationship between hunger, food security and welfare policies in a number of First World societies. It asks what we know about the incidence and nature of hunger in advanced industrial countries, examines its causes and the ways in which hunger has been responded to by the state and civil society, and in light of current debates about welfare reform, asks what should be done to establish the right to food security.