Housing the Homeless

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4128-4768-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 478 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 686 g

Homelessness has become a lasting issue of vital social concern. As the number of the homeless has grown, the complexity of the issue has become increasingly clear to researchers and private and public service providers. The plight of the homeless raises many ethical, anthropological, political, sociological, and public health questions. The most serious and perplexing of these questions is what steps private, charitable, and public organizations can take to alleviate and eventually solve the problem. The concept of homelessness is difficult to define and measure. Generally, persons are thought to be homeless if they have no permanent residence and seek security, rest, and protection from the elements. The homeless typically live in areas that are not designed to be shelters (e.g., parks, bus terminals, under bridges, in cars), occupy structures without permission (e.g., squatters), or are provided emergency shelter by a public or private agency. Some definitions of homelessness include persons living on a short-term basis in single-room-occupancy hotels or motels, or temporarily residing in social or health-service facilities without a permanent address. Housing the Homeless is a collection of case studies that bring together a variety of perspectives to help develop a clear understanding of the homelessness problem. The editors include information on the background and politics of the problem and descriptions of the current homeless population. The book concludes with a resource section, which highlights governmental policies and programs established to deal with the problem of homelessness.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Erickson, Jon

Wilhelm, Charles

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Exhibits, Acknowledgments, About the Contributors, Introduction, Introduction to the Transaction Edition, I. Images of the Homeless, 11. Background and Politics, Ill. The Importance of Numbers, IV. Who Are the Homeless and Why?, V. Solutions to the Problem, VI. Resources, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Wilhelm, Jon Erickson