Food Charity and the Psychologisation of Poverty : Foucault in the Food Bank (Hardcover)

Introduction: An Essay in Refusal ‘More than Food’ and Behaviour Change New Subjects of Charity Toward a Critical Ontology of Food Charity and the Psychologisation of Poverty Scope and Focus of the Book The Dispositive of Food Charity 2.1. "What is a Dispositive?" 2.2. Fuelling the Machine: Flows and Materialisations of Knowledge 2.3. The Spectacle of Food Charity: Neighbourhood Food Collections (NFCs) 2.4. Collection Points: Consuming Charity 2.5. Feeding the Worthy Poor 2.6. Poverty Relief as Spectacle 2.7. Failures in Disposition and Possible Resistance 2.8. Conclusion Problematisations of Food Poverty Problematisations in Foucault Constituting Problematic Subjects in the Food Bank Problematisation 1: Food Poverty as Sudden Crisis Driven by Structural Factors Problematisation 2: Food Poverty as Personal Chaos and Culture of Poverty Problematisation 3: Food Poverty as Result of a Failing Society Local Constructions of Food Poverty as a Social Problem Conclusion Crisis and the Medicalisation of Poverty Crisis as Discourse: A Brief Genealogy The Constitution of ‘Clients in Crisis’ A Nudge in the Food Bank Behavioural Activation and (not so) Soft Paternalism Conclusion ‘More Than Food’ ‘More Than Food’ "Eat Well ? Spend Less" Job Clubs and Social Spaces in Food Banks Conclusion The Psychopolitics of Food Charity From Vulnerability to Wellbeing: Happy Subjects of Charity? Disrupting the Spectacle and Killing Charity’s Joy Developing a Shockproof Subject? Refusing Resilience, Positivity and Development Conclusion Concluding Reflections: From Refusal to Innovation Psychology, ‘Nudge’ Economics and Neoliberalism Liberalism and the Traps of Humanism Absent Voices and Poverty Research Essays in Refusal: The Value of Critique Critique is Not Enough: From "What’s to be done?" to "What more am I to do?" References