The Food Bank: A Safety-Net in Place of Welfare Security in Times of Austerity and the Covid-19 Crisis

Beck, DJ; Gwilym, Hefin

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“… 4 On food provisioning and food subsidies as crucial instruments of social protection during the pandemic, also see Seekings (2020) as well as Beck and Gwilym (2022). …”

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“…', which was answered for all reported 350 reforms, country experts reported 138 cases of 'expansion', forty-six cases of 'maintenance' and six cases of 'retrenchment' (together with 160 cases of 'N/A', mainly for reforms introducing new benefits rather than changing existing ones). See the country reports' individual data appendixes for more details.4 On food provisioning and food subsidies as crucial instruments of social protection during the pandemic, also seeSeekings (2020) as well asBeck and Gwilym (2022).…”

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Social Policy Responses to Covid-19 in the Global South: Evidence from 36 Countries

Dorlach¹

2022

Social Policy and Society

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The Covid-19 pandemic has prompted manifold social policy responses all around the world. This article presents the findings of a meta-analysis of thirty-six in-depth country reports on early Covid-19 social policy responses in the Global South. The analysis shows that social policy responses during the early phase of the pandemic have been predominantly focused on expanding temporary and targeted benefits. In terms of policy areas, next to labour market and social assistance measures, the focus has also been on unconventional social policy instruments. The social policy responses of developing economies were often rudimentary, focusing on cash transfers and food relief, and heavily relied on external funding. In contrast, many emerging economies introduced a much broader array of social policies and were less reliant on external support.

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“… 4 On food provisioning and food subsidies as crucial instruments of social protection during the pandemic, also see Seekings (2020) as well as Beck and Gwilym (2022). …”

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Social Policy Responses to Covid-19 in the Global South: Evidence from 36 Countries

Dorlach¹

2022

Social Policy and Society

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“…For instance, about 14% of communal food service sites were closed in the Canadian city of Hamilton during the COVID-19 epidemic [ 3 ]. During the COVID-19 epidemic, people seeking assistance from food banks have been almost overwhelming in the UK [ 12 ]. The surge of demand for food has caused challenges for food banks because of reduced revenue, as well as a lack of human resources and volunteers [ 13 , 14 ].…”

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Impacts of community-level grassroots organizations on household food security during the COVID-19 epidemic period in China

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Zhong²

2023

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

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“…In terms of achieving subsistence, external actors also play a particularly important role when those financially struggling are unable to access (adequate) money from the DWP. In these cases, charities, social support networks and local authorities are providing resources to low‐income households when central government fails to do so, acting as a ‘last safety net’ for those financially struggling (Beatty et al, 2021; Beck & Gwilym, 2022; Hill et al, 2021).…”

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Mediating the claim? How ‘local ecosystems of support’ shape the operation and experience of UK social security

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Local state and third sector actors routinely provide support to help people navigate their right to social security and mediate their chequered relationship to it. COVID‐19 has not only underlined the significance of these actors in the claims‐making process, but also just how vulnerable those working within ‘local ecosystems of support’ are to external shocks and their own internal pressures. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork with organisations providing support to benefit claimants and those financially struggling during COVID‐19, this paper examines the increasingly situated nature of the claims‐making process across four local areas in the United Kingdom. We do so to consider what bearing ‘local ecosystems of support’ have on income adequacy, access and universality across social security systems. Our analysis demonstrates how local state and third sector actors risk amplifying inequalities that at best disadvantage, and at worst altogether exclude, particular social groups from adequate (financial) assistance. Rather than conceiving of social security as a unitary collection of social transfers, we argue that its operation needs to be understood as much more fragmented and contingent. Practitioners exhibit considerable professional autonomy and moral agency in their discretionary practice, arbitrating between competing organisational priorities, local disinvestment, and changing community needs. Our findings offer broader lessons for understanding the contemporary governance of social security across welfare states seeking to responsibilise low‐income households through the modernisation of public services, localism, and welfare reforms.

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The Food Bank: A Safety-Net in Place of Welfare Security in Times of Austerity and the Covid-19 Crisis

Cited by 20 publications

References 37 publications

Social Policy Responses to Covid-19 in the Global South: Evidence from 36 Countries

Social Policy Responses to Covid-19 in the Global South: Evidence from 36 Countries

Impacts of community-level grassroots organizations on household food security during the COVID-19 epidemic period in China

Mediating the claim? How ‘local ecosystems of support’ shape the operation and experience of UK social security

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