Food banks and food security: Welfare reform, human rights and social policy. Lessons from Canada?

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 648-663

  Riches, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food banks; Food security; Rights; Welfare

Indexed keywords

FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

CANADA;

EID: 0036906306     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9515.00309     Document Type: Article

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