The moral maze of food bank use
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12937255 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Beck (0000-0001-8422-7728, University of Salford, corresponding author), Hefin Gwilym (0000-0002-5537-0960, Bangor University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 383-399 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Poverty and Social Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1759-8273 • E-ISSN: 1759-8281 |
| Publisher | Policy Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/175982720x15905998909942 |
| OpenAlex | W3034839303 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 7 |
The foodbank symbolises a changing landscape of social insecurity and welfare conditionality. Attending to decision making within the foodbank system, this article argues that foodbanks, and their referral-system creates a bureaucratic ‘moral maze’ identifying people as ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’ of help. Maintaining a moral distance, organised religious foodbanks are reliant upon a complex outsourcing of moral decisions and walk a fine balance between supply (donations) and demand (use). Within this article, we argue that the foodbank landscape is akin to navigating a moral maze, and that this creates, and justifies decisions of deservingness
Balance (ability · Bureaucracy · Conditionality · Environmental ethics · Outsourcing · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Welfare · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |