Homelessness and Social Policy.
Title:
Homelessness and Social Policy.
Author:
Burrows, Roger.
ISBN:
9780203443323
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- Preface, by John Greve -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Homelessness in contemporary Britain: conceptualisation and measurement -- 2 Homelessness and the law -- 3 Theorising homelessness: contemporary sociological and feminist perspectives -- 4 The social distribution of the experience of homelessness -- 5 The characteristics of single homeless people in England -- 6 Mortgage arrears, mortgage possessions and homelessness -- 7 Soldiering on? Theorising homelessness amongst ex-servicemen -- 8 The housing needs of ex-prisoners -- 9 The health of single homeless people -- 10 Health, homelessness and access to health care services in London -- 11 Rehousing single homeless people -- 12 Opening doors in the private rented sector: developments in assistance with access -- 13 The capacity of the private rented sector to house homeless households -- 14 Hostels: a useful policy and practice response? -- 15 Addressing the problem of youth homelessness and unemployment: the contribution of foyers -- 16 Working together to help homeless people: an examination of inter-agency themes -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
The problem of homelessness is deeply emblematic of the sort of society Britain has become. What other social phenomena could better epitomise the end of modernity than our seeming inability to adequately respond to the most basic needs - shelter, warmth, food - of substantial numbers of our 'citizens'? Homelessness and Social Policy offers a dispassionate analysis of the problem of homelessness and the policy responses it has so far invoked. By reviewing theoretical and legal conceptualisations of homelessness and presenting extensive statistical analyses, this book considers the impact of the experience of homelessness and the policy responses. Homelessness and Social Policy will prove to be invaluable to students of social and public policy, health studies, housing studies and sociology.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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