Book Review: Families and Food in Hard Times: European Comparative Research by Rebecca O’Connell and Julia Brannen

demands of internal supervisors, but above all because they argue, ‘it contributes to the quality of practice in many dimensions’ (p. 25). Their rationale for the book is to highlight the quiet, unassuming, but vital work of community development practitioners. As a profession committed to social justice and positive transformation, the authors write that to develop a clear understanding of the why and the how is important to develop a better profile for the profession, but possibly more interesting than this, is the need to develop a clear and more focussed insight into the effectiveness of the approach. The book is a great contribution to the field and will be of interest to anyone who is committed to fully understanding the social impact of their research.