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Toward an End to Hunger in America Paperback – October 1, 1998

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Cheap, plentiful food is an American tradition. We spend a smaller percentage of our income on food than any other nation. We feed much of the world with our surpluses. Consumers, retailers, and restaurants throw away one-quarter of our food stock every year. And yet data collected by the federal government show that almost 12 percent of American households either suffer from hunger or worry about going hungry.

Why are so many Americans afflicted with ""food insecurity"" during such prosperous times? According to this book, it's not simply an artifact of poverty: even most of the poorest homes have access to adequate food. Nor is it indifference to their plight or a lack of ways to help: Americans strongly support government food assistance, and there are a host of public and private programs devoted to feeding the hungry.

Peter Eisinger seeks to unravel the puzzle of America's hunger and asserts that it is a problem that can be solved. He believes that the perception of hunger and responses to it emerge from a complex, intellectual, political, and social context. He begins by looking for a meaningful definition of hunger, then examines the structure and funding of government food assistance programs, the roles of Congress and community interest groups, and the contributions of volunteer organizations. He concludes by offering ideas to reduce the nation's perplexing hunger problem, based on creating stronger partnerships between public and private food programs.


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  1. Print length
    191 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Brookings Institution Press
  4. Publication date
    October 1, 1998
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.48 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0815722818
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0815722816
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."..provides the most comprehensive treatment of evolving governmental and nongovernmental food assistance programs to date." --Maurice MacDonald, Iowa State University

."..Eisinger's political history of a variety of hunger programs and his characterization of U.S. government food assistance [were] very useful. " --Seth Osborne DaPonte, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia, "Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science", 7/1/2000

"In an invitingly short and clearly laid-out book... [Peter Eisinger] provides a cogent analysis of twentieth century U.S. food policy and programming, and the results." --Laura Lein, University of Texas, Austin, "Contemporary Sociology", 5/1/2000

About the Author

"Peter K. Eisinger is a professor in the College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan Affairs and director of the State Policy Center at Wayne State University. He was formerly on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was director of the La Follette Institute of Public Affairs."

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Brookings Institution Press (October 1, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 191 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0815722818
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0815722816
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.48 x 9 inches

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