Homeless - Policies, strategies and Lives on the Streets (Hardcover)

The causes of homelessness are disputed by both Right and Left, but few would argue that life on the streets is anything other than dangerous and debilitating. Unemployment, deinstitutionalisation, abuse in the home are among the stories the homeless tell. Voluntary organizations point to the failure of emergency shelters and food banks, the cut-backs in social programmes and the severe shortage of affordable housing. On the international scale, the changing global system has placed demands on the economies of Europe and North America which have impacted on resources, employment and even political will. This book is a comprehensive international study of homelessness. The author argues that the category of the homeless must itself be broadened, to encompass those chronically without shelter to those in immediate risk of dispossession, if homelessness is to be tackled effectively (before and after it happens) by public policy, voluntary organizations and the individuals themselves.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Gerald Daly
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	310
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-12028-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Homelessness Promotions
LSN:	0-415-12028-4
Barcode:	9780415120289

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