Third sector advocacy : an exploration of the work of community food providers
Gordon, Katy and Tonner, Andrea and wilson, Juliette (2023) Third sector advocacy : an exploration of the work of community food providers. Sociological Research Online, 28 (4). 964 - 981. ISSN 1360-7804 (https://doi.org/10.1177/13607804231169574)
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Abstract
This paper explores advocative work of third sector community food providers in Scotland. The paper argues these organisations can contribute to tackling household food insecurity through their advocative work, recognising that state-led policy on household income is needed. Capturing the advocacy of these organisations, rather than focussing solely on their service provision can provide insight which is largely missing from existing community food scholarship. The research adopts a quasi-ethnographic qualitative approach with 16 grassroots community food providers and 5 meso- level support organisations. The findings identify advocacy practices undertaken, targeted at political and public audiences and national and local institutional layers. It highlights tensions of this work, including fears of exacerbating a failing system. The findings also evidence a complementary, symbiotic, and reciprocally strengthening relationship between service provision and advocacy by third sector organisations. These contributions demonstrate the potential of this sector to contribute to social change required to address root causes of household food insecurity.
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Gordon, Katy, Tonner, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-3946 and wilson, Juliette ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4932-0473;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 85389 Dates: DateEventDecember 2023Published28 June 2023Published Online16 March 2023AcceptedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practice Department: Strathclyde Business School > Marketing Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 04 May 2023 10:02 Last modified: 05 Dec 2024 01:22 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/85389