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Feeding the Future: School Lunch Programs as Global Social Policy
Jennifer Geist Rutledge
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Description for Feeding the Future: School Lunch Programs as Global Social Policy
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A century ago, only local charities existed to feed children. Today 368 million children receive school lunches in 151 countries, in programs supported by state and national governments. In Feeding the Future, Jennifer Geist Rutledge investigates how and why states have assumed responsibility for feeding children, chronicling the origins and spread of school lunch programs around the world, starting with the adoption of these programs in the United States and some Western European nations, and then tracing their growth through the efforts of the World Food Program. The primary focus of Feeding the Future is on social policy formation: how and ... Read more
A century ago, only local charities existed to feed children. Today 368 million children receive school lunches in 151 countries, in programs supported by state and national governments. In Feeding the Future, Jennifer Geist Rutledge investigates how and why states have assumed responsibility for feeding children, chronicling the origins and spread of school lunch programs around the world, starting with the adoption of these programs in the United States and some Western European nations, and then tracing their growth through the efforts of the World Food Program. The primary focus of Feeding the Future is on social policy formation: how and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813573328
SKU
V9780813573328
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Ref
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About Jennifer Geist Rutledge
JENNIFER GEIST RUTLEDGE is an assistant professor of political science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in New York.
Reviews for Feeding the Future: School Lunch Programs as Global Social Policy
"Interesting, persuasive, and clearly written. Rutledge investigates the origins and spread of school lunch programs around the world in her truly insightful book."
Kimberly Morgan
professor of political science and international affairs, George Washington University
"Rutledge powerfully highlights the broad reach of school lunch programs at the global scale as well as compellingly characterizing and explaining this ... Read more
Kimberly Morgan
professor of political science and international affairs, George Washington University
"Rutledge powerfully highlights the broad reach of school lunch programs at the global scale as well as compellingly characterizing and explaining this ... Read more