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Understandings of Food Insecurity in Aotearoa New Zealand: Considering Practitioners’ Perspectives in a Neoliberal Context Using Q Methodology

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  • David Reynolds

    (School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Australia)

  • Miranda Mirosa

    (Department of Food Science, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand)

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Food insecurity in advanced capitalist nations has persisted over decades despite excess food production, welfare systems, and charitable responses. This research examines the perspectives of practitioners who engage with food insecurity in Aotearoa New Zealand using a Q methodology study to synthesise and characterise three typical subjective positions. Consensus across the three positions includes the state’s responsibility for the food security of citizens, while points of contention include the role of poverty as a cause of food insecurity and the significance of a human right to food. The research contributes to research into food insecurity in advanced capitalist nations by identifying areas of consensus and contention among food insecurity practitioners, identifying the significance of children and moral failure in perceptions of food insecurity, and comparing practitioners’ perspectives to existing approaches to researching food insecurity in advanced capitalist nations.

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  • David Reynolds & Miranda Mirosa, 2021. "Understandings of Food Insecurity in Aotearoa New Zealand: Considering Practitioners’ Perspectives in a Neoliberal Context Using Q Methodology," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-19, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2021:i:1:p:178-:d:710562
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