At Home on the Street : : People, Poverty, and a Hidden Culture of Homelessness / / Jeffrey Michael Clair, Jason Adam Wasserman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Wasserman, Jason Adam,; Clair, Jeffrey Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)

In their compelling examination of what it means to be truly at home on the street, Jason Wasserman and Jeffrey Clair argue that programs and policies addressing homeless people too often serve only to alienate them. Wasserman and Clair delve into the complex realities of homelessness to paint a vivid picture of individuals—not cases or pathologies—living on the street and of their strategies for daily survival. By exploring the private spaces that those who are homeless create for themselves, as well as their prevailing social mores, the authors explain how well-intentioned policies and programs often only widen the gap between the indigent and mainstream society. The result is an unvarnished look at the culture of long-term homelessness and a fresh approach to reaching this resurgent population.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Homelessness in the United States -- 2 Accessing a Hidden Population -- 3 Describing Those Who Are Homeless -- 4 Causes of Homelessness -- 5 Urban Space and Relations on the Street -- 6 The Complex Dispositions of People on the Street -- 7 Street Identities and Creative Resistance -- 8 Business, Politics, and the Moving Ghetto -- 9 Homeless Services: Healing the Sick -- 10 Religious Approaches: Saving Souls -- 11 Conclusion: Improving Research, Improving Policy -- References -- Index -- About the Book