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Confronting Homelessness : Poverty, Politics, and the Failure of Social Policy / Jennifer Barton Gilman, David Wagner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (207 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781588269232
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.5/925610973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV4505 .W233 2012eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
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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
Summary: 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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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

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A major reconsideration of homelessness from the 1970s to the present, critically evaluating how society responds to crises of inequality and stratification.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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