The diet of the nation: The state, family budgets and the 1930s nutritional crisis in Britain

Jeacle, Ingrid

doi:10.1016/j.cpa.2015.01.015

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“…By using this theoretical lens, our analysis contributes to accounting literature by offering a complementary way to understand the role of accounting in structuring poverty. Several existing papers have looked at how accounting constructs the poor as a distinct, excluded and stigmatized category (Bisman, 2012;Care, 2011;Jackson, 2012;Jeacle, 2016;Killian, 2015;Ó hÓgartaigh et al, 2012;O'Regan, 2010;Oakes & Young, 2008;Walker, 2008). The present paper suggests, that in addition to stigmatization and exclusion, accounting serves as a relational nodal between the poor and wealthy donors.…”

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“…Walker (2008), through his examination of the Poor Law and the regulation of workhouses and outdoor relief programs in 19 th century England and Wales, showed how accounting practices led to the construction of the spoiled identity of the pauper, reinforcing the stigmatization of poverty. Walker's paper has stimulated considerable research on how accounting shapes the regulation of poverty by the state (Care, 2011;Jeacle, 2016;Ó hÓgartaigh, Ó hÓgartaigh, & Tyson, 2012). Other accounting researchers dealing with poverty have examined the securitization of the homeless for social impact investors (Cooper, Graham, & Himick, 2016), the financialization of convivial labour relations amongst poor Sri Lankan villagers through microfinance (Alawattage, Graham, & Wickramasinghe, 2018), the taxation of subsistence income (Treisch, 2005), the stigma and poverty of Indigenous peoples (Miley & Read, 2018), the use of accounting during periods of famine (O'Regan, 2010) and the impact this had on social policy (Bisman, 2012).…”

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Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief: Accounting and the stigma of poverty

Graham

Grisard

2019

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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In this paper, we examine the roles of accounting in two institutions dealing with poverty in Toronto during the 1920s. We draw on Georg Simmel's influential insights on poverty to explore how accounting for poverty alleviation programs helps structure the relationship between rich and poor in society. We argue that accounting serves to bridge the social distance between rich and poor while insulating the rich from the stigma of the poor. This enables the rich to benefit from their efforts to assist the poor, ensuring the legitimation of wealth and the continued existence of poverty. Our analysis of these two historical institutions helps us comprehend some of the roles of accounting in poverty alleviation today.

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Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief: Accounting and the stigma of poverty

Graham

Grisard

2019

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

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“…Second, in the 1930s, newspapers and commercial advertising brought a public discourse and wider awareness of the dietary role of vitamins and minerals (see, for example, Apple 1988;Kamminga 2000). Third, diet was given a political identity in research that directly, or indirectly, linked inadequate nutrition and low income on the political agenda (see, for example, Jeacle 2016;McLaurin 1997). These data made for uncomfortable reading, and were contested, but nonetheless served to politicize poor diet to much better effect than had been possible in the late 1920s and early 1930s when significant malnutrition was first denied and then attributed "to the housewife's ignorance of food values and of cooking" (M'Gonigle 1936, 10).…”

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Half the battle is fought in the kitchen: convalescence and cookery in 1920s and 1930s Britain

Lyon

Kautto

2021

Food, Culture & Society

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Invalid food" was still widely understood in the 1920s and 1930s as a special category of food for people with chronic conditions and those who were convalescing from illness or injury. In an era when there was still limited capacity to restore full health quickly with effective treatments, even for those who had access to the best medical attention, being an invalid was often protracted. Care at home was commonplace especially for the poor in a period of significant economic and social change. Generally, the impact of nutritional science on medical education was minimal and households often turned to mass market cookery books, newspapers, and the radio for practical advice about the preparation of meals to give some benefit to the patient, or to stimulate the appetite. By reference to period materials, this article explores the nature of that advice and the transition to more targeted publications offering a greater menu range and guidance for those preparing food.

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“…Así, este eje evidencia la interacción entre discursos e instrumentos que tratan de reformar y modernizar el gobierno mediante las prácticas contables desde su dimensión social, institucional y organizacional. Por ejemplo, el análisis del debate sobre la campaña nacional de fitness en el Reino Unido ilustra la manera como las prácticas de cálculo quedaron ligadas a la dieta estatal (Jeacle, 2016). También en el ámbito de la salud, la implementación de algunas reformas desde la NPM muestra como resultado la generación de prácticas organizativas híbridas, por procesos institucionales que surgen de la intervención reguladora y que generan discursos ambiguos como la cooperación y la competencia (Kurunmäki y Miller, 2011a y 2011b).…”

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Un panorama del efecto Foucault en contabilidad y gestión pública temáticas, autores y retos de investigación desde la gubernamentalidad

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2018

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En este documento se presenta un panorama del efecto Foucault en contabilidad y gestión pública, con el fin de evidenciar temáticas, autores y vacíos de investigación desde los estudios en gubernamentalidad. La unidad de análisis fueron setenta textos seleccionados en una revisión sistemática de artículos publicados entre 2012 y 2016, en cinco de las principales revistas internacionales relacionadas con las disciplinas analizadas. Para la recolección de los datos y la codificación de la información se utilizó una matriz de Excel y el software de investigación cualitativa Atlas.ti, versión 7.5.16. La comprensión de la información se complementó con un método de análisis de frecuencia y un análisis de red. Dentro de los resultados se destacan cuatro ejes temáticos: la gestión calculada, el gobierno a distancia, la modernización del gobierno y la contabilidad de la ciudad. Además, los cinco autores que más han publicado en el tema: Dean Neu, Cameron Graham, Eric Pezet, Ingrid Jeacle y Peter Miller, así como las redes de cooperación entre países, dentro de los cuales se evidencia a Reino Unido y Canadá. También se identifica que el principal reto de investigación está en entender la contabilidad de las ciudades de las llamadas economías emergentes. Así, este artículo hace contribuciones importantes para la contaduría y la administración, en especial, se establecen herramientas teóricas para que los investigadores estudien la contabilidad y su incidencia en la gestión de las ciudades, desde la perspectiva de la gubernamentalidad, en aras de avanzar en este tópico que requiere de discusión en Latinoamérica para repensar las incidencias del cálculo contable y la gestión del ciudadano.

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The diet of the nation: The state, family budgets and the 1930s nutritional crisis in Britain

Cited by 15 publications

References 26 publications

Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief: Accounting and the stigma of poverty

Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief: Accounting and the stigma of poverty

Half the battle is fought in the kitchen: convalescence and cookery in 1920s and 1930s Britain

Un panorama del efecto Foucault en contabilidad y gestión pública temáticas, autores y retos de investigación desde la gubernamentalidad

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