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American homelessness a reference handbook
Title:
American homelessness a reference handbook
Author:
Hombs, Mary Ellen.
ISBN:
9781576075654
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2001.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiii, 299 p.)
Series:
Contemporary world issues.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Recent Developments in the United States -- European Homelessness -- Facts and Statistics -- Defining Who Is Homeless -- Cities Report Growing Homelessness -- How Much Homelessness Is There in the United States? -- Shelter Use as a Factor in Understanding Homelessness -- Barriers Faced by Homeless People in Using Programs -- Homeless Veterans -- Youth Homelessness -- Emerging Homeless Populations and Homelessness Prevention -- Reducing the Costs of Homelessness -- Facts About Homelessness in Europe -- Documents and Reports -- Early Advocacy on Homelessness in the United States -- U.S. Policy on Homelessness -- Recent Issues in U.S. Government Programs -- Homelessness in Europe -- Homelessness in Great Britain -- Homelessness in Canada -- Homelessness in Australia -- Policies to End Homelessness in the United States -- A Plan to End Homelessness -- Legislation on Homeless Assistance -- Federal Legislation in the United States -- HUD's Supportive Housing Program -- New Legislation on Youth Homelessness -- Other Federal Assistance Programs -- European Legislation on Homelessness -- Legislation in the United Kingdom -- Homelessness and the Law -- Litigation Issues in the United States -- International Law and Homelessness -- The United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) -- The Habitat Agenda -- Directory of Organizations, Associations, and Government Agencies -- National Organizations -- State Homeless and Low-Income Housing Organizations -- Federal Agencies -- Government Clearinghouses and Information Hot Lines.
Abstract:
Problems and crises. Analyses and answers. Contemporary World Issues explores -- topic by topic -- the critical challenges facing America and the world in the 21"st" century.

24-hour cable news. Millions of Internet sites. Information overload. How can we sort through the information? Assess the analyses? Trust the sources? Contemporary World Issues provides a simple solution -- informed and readable authors offering concise yet thorough discussions of today's most talked-about topics as they affect America and the world.

Exploring such diverse subjects as tobacco and terrorism, rainforests and religion, affirmative action and urban sprawl, Contemporary World Issues provides the historical background, the contemporary context, and the resources for further research. Exhaustive, concise, accessible, accurate, and up-to-date.
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