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The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness brings together many of the
world’s leading scholars in the field to provide a cutting-edge
overview of classic and current research and future trends in the
subject. Comprising 41 chapters and divided into four sections, the
handbook includes A comprehensive introduction to homelessness,
referring to history, culture, causation and definitions.
Contemporary and historical debates around homelessness in
different academic disciplines. Homelessness relating to gender,
sexuality, youth, families, migration, rurality, veterans and
health. A range of country-specific studies to illustrate the ways
in which homelessness is researched and understood around the
world. Methods of engagement and modes of analysis. With
contributors from around the world and editors from the Centre of
Housing Policy at the University of York, this handbook provides a
groundbreaking and authoritative guide to theory, method and the
primary interdisciplinary debates of today on homelessness. It will
be essential reading for students, academics and professionals
across the disciplines of sociology, human geography, public
policy, housing policy, social policy, social work, economics and
criminology.
The only A-Z guide available on this subject, this book provides a wide-ranging and up-to-date overview of the fast-changing and increasingly important world of cyberculture. Its clear and accessible entries cover aspects ranging from the technical to the theoretical, and from movies to the everyday, including: * Artificial Intelligence * Cyberfeminism * Cyberpunk * Electronic Government * Games * HTML * Java * The Matrix * Netiquette * Piracy. Fully cross-referenced and with suggestions for further reading, this comprehensive guide is an essential resource for anyone interested in this fascinating area.
The problem of homelessness is deeply emblematic of the sort of
society Britain has become. What other social phenomena could
better epitomize the end of the modernist project than our seeming
inability to adequately respond to the most basic needs - shelter,
warmth, food - of substantial numbers of our "citizens"? This text
offers a dispassionate analysis of the problem of homelessness and
the policy responses it has so far invoked. Derived from work
carried out at the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of
York during the 1990s, the text reviews theoretical and legal
conceptualizations of the problem, considers the impact of the
experience of homelessness and offers evaluations of various policy
responses. Chapters include considerations of: the social
distribution of homelessness; health and homelessness; the impact
of mortgage repossession; social theory and the law; homelessness
amongst ex-servicemen and ex-prisoners; evaluation of access
schemes, rehousing strategies, hostels; and the use of the private
rented sector to house homeless households.
The problem of homelessness is deeply emblematic of the sort of
society Britain has become. What other social phenomena could
better epitomize the end of the modernist project than our seeming
inability to adequately respond to the most basic needs - shelter,
warmth, food - of substantial numbers of our "citizens"? This text
offers a dispassionate analysis of the problem of homelessness and
the policy responses it has so far invoked. Derived from work
carried out at the Centre for Housing Policy at the University of
York during the 1990s, the text reviews theoretical and legal
conceptualizations of the problem, considers the impact of the
experience of homelessness and offers evaluations of various policy
responses. Chapters include considerations of: the social
distribution of homelessness; health and homelessness; the impact
of mortgage repossession; social theory and the law; homelessness
amongst ex-servicemen and ex-prisoners; evaluation of access
schemes, rehousing strategies, hostels; and the use of the private
rented sector to house homeless households.
Homelessness is on the increase in most European states and remains
at stubbornly high levels across developed nations. This is despite
increased policy attention, economic provision and the
implementation of strategies that have promised to stop
homelessness in its tracks, rather than simply manage the crisis.
Providing an in-depth exploration of the experiences of Ireland,
Denmark and Finland in their various initiatives designed to end
homelessness, this book presents an authoritative comparative
account of policies and strategies that have worked, along with an
exposition of those that have not. Making an invaluable and timely
contribution to the current debate, it provides essential policy
lessons for the multiple jurisdictions seeking to successfully
bring homelessness to an end.
Series Information: Routledge Key Guides
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