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Poor choice? Smith, Hayek and the moral economy of food consumption
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Glaze, Simon and Richardson, Ben (2017) Poor choice? Smith, Hayek and the moral economy of food consumption. Economy & Society, 46 (1). pp. 128-151. doi:10.1080/03085147.2017.1308058
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2017.1308058
Abstract
This paper explores the moral economy of food in the United Kingdom via discourses on food bank usage and obesity. It argues that both of these markers of malnutrition were interpreted under the Conservative-led governments of David Cameron (2010–2016) as failings of personal responsibility and identified primarily with the working class, advancing the assumption that poor people make poor choices. Based on a critique of this account, our wider contribution is two-fold. First, we identify the Hayekian lineage of the discourse of personal responsibility, highlighting its utility in facilitating a form of neoliberal market consent through its insistence on self-reliance. Second, we stake out an alternative to this conceptualization through a discussion of Adam Smith’s notion of self-command, which we call interpersonal responsibility.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JC Political theory R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Smith, Adam, 1723-1790, Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992, Food consumption , Food consumption--Great Britain--Moral and ethical aspects , Poor--Attitudes, Food banks--Great Britain, Obesity--Great Britain, Responsibility, Economics--Political aspects | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Economy & Society | ||||||
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0308-5147 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 11 May 2017 | ||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 June 2017 | ||||||
| Volume: | 46 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 128-151 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/03085147.2017.1308058 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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