Homelessness and social policy / / edited by Roger Burrows, Nicholas Pleace and Deborah Quilgars

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xvii, 266 p
• Disciplina: 362.5/8/0941
• Soggetto topico: Homelessness - Great Britain; Homeless persons - Government policy - Great Britain
• Altri autori: BurrowsRoger <1962-> PleaceNicholas <1965-> QuilgarsDeborah <1965->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Homelessness in contemporary Britain : conceptualisation and measurement / Nicholas Pleace, Roger Burrows and Deborah Quilgars -- 2. Homelessness and the law / Stuart Lowe -- 3. Theorising homelessness : contemporary sociological and feminist perspectives / Joanne Neale -- 4. The social distribution of the experience of homelessness / Roger Burrows -- 5. The characteristics of single homeless people in England / Peter A. Kemp -- 6. Mortgage arrears, mortgage possessions and homelessness / Janet Ford -- 7. Soldiering on? Theorising homelessness amongst ex-servicemen / Paul Higate -- 8. The housing needs of ex-prisoners / Jane Carlisle -- 9. The health of single homeless people / Wendy Bines -- 10. Health, homelessness and access to health care services in London / Nicholas Pleace and Deborah Quilgars -- 11. Rehousing single homeless people / Nicholas Pleace -- 12. Opening doors in the private rented sector : developments in assistance with access / Julie Rugg -- 13. The capacity of the private rented sector to house homeless households / Mark Bevan and David Rhodes -- 14. Hostels : a useful policy and practice response? / Joanne Neale -- 15. Addressing the problem of youth homelessness and unemployment : the contribution of foyers / Deborah Quilgars and Isobel Anderson -- 16. Working together to help homeless people : an examination of inter-agency themes / Christine Oldman.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Homelessness and social policy
• ISBN: 1-134-73412-3; 1-134-73413-1; 1-280-31826-0; 0-203-44332-2; 0-203-27677-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996197710003316
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