Janet Poppendieck Quotes

• 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

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• 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

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• 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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