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By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and the even more basic problem of inequality.

By defining the problem as 'hunger', the emergency food system is helping to direct our attention away from the more fundamental problem of poverty, and the even more basic problem of inequality.

Janet Poppendieck
Attention, Fundamentals, Emergencies
Janet Poppendieck (1999). “Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement”, p.305, Penguin

Charity is one of those remarkable words that helps to identify the fault lines of a culture.

Janet Poppendieck
Culture, Charity, Lines
Janet Poppendieck (1999). “Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement”, p.231, Penguin

Charity erodes the cultural prerequisites for a vigorous democracy.

Janet Poppendieck
Democracy, Charity, Erode
Janet Poppendieck (1999). “Sweet Charity?: Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement”, p.255, Penguin

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