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Hunger is a crime: why words matter

In: Handbook of Food Security and Society

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  • Andy Fisher

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The USDA revised its measurement framework from hunger to food security in the 1990s. The food security survey was an improvement over the hunger framing in being able to quantify the behaviors and experiences of individuals afflicted by food poverty. This chapter will examine how well this 25-year-old tool functions, as well as the pros and cons of problematizing food insecurity over other broader issues such as inequality or poverty. It will examine the relative merits of measuring food insecurity as a proxy for deeper societal inequities, and the implications of doing so on the solutions that society develops. The chapter includes numerous interviews with academics and practitioners in the anti-hunger and anti-poverty fields in various countries.

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  • Andy Fisher, 2023. "Hunger is a crime: why words matter," Chapters, in: Martin Caraher & John Coveney & Mickey Chopra (ed.), Handbook of Food Security and Society, chapter 2, pages 38-47, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20325_2
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