Confronting Homelessness : : Poverty, Politics, and the Failure of Social Policy / / Jennifer Barton Gilman, David Wagner.
A major reconsideration of homelessness from the 1970s to the present, critically evaluating how society responds to crises of inequality and stratification.
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| Place / Publishing House: | Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Homelessness: From Crisis to Routine
- 2 The Rise and Fall of a Social Problem
- 3 A Brief History of Homelessness
- 4 Recognizing and Naming a Crisis, 1979–1982
- 5 Modest Victories, 1983–1988
- 6 Criminalization and Compassion Fatigue, 1989–1993
- 7 From Social Problem to Bureaucratic Problem, 1994–Present
- 8 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Book