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Poor and homeless in the Sunshine State : down and out in theme park nation / James D. Wright, Amy M. Donley.
Lippincott Library HC107.F63 P627 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, James D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Florida.
- Poverty.
- Homelessness--Florida.
- Homelessness.
- Social conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Florida--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Florida.
- Florida--Social conditions--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 323 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [2011]
- Summary:
- This collection of essays on homelessness and poverty in central Florida examines the juxtaposition of idealized development, a region built around children's theme parks, and the grinding poverty of marginalized individuals and families. The volume examines the community's interaction in a longitudinal study, investigating changes in policy and strategies for helping the homeless and the relative successes of programs and plans. Wright and Donley are professors of sociology at the University of Central Florida. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- 1 In the Shadow of the Mouse: Central Florida as Myth, Metaphor, and Reality 1
- Central Florida as Myth Central 3
- Florida as Metaphor Central 6
- Florida as Reality 12
- The Plan of the Book 22
- Notes 25
- 2 Poverty in Central Florida: Work, Wages, and Well-being among Low and Moderate Income Families / Jana L. Jasinski Jasinski, Jana L. 25
- Poverty Definitions, Rates, and Trends 25
- Welfare Reform 30
- The Low and Moderate Income Population of Central Florida 32
- The Costs of Being Poor 49
- Conclusions 50
- Notes 51
- 3 One Thousand Homeless Men 53
- Context 54
- Client Flow 57
- Client Demographics 59
- Experiences with Homelessness 61
- Panhandling 63
- Labor Force Participation 66
- A Note on Homeless Veterans and Trends 68
- Update 2009 69
- Notes 76
- 4 Transients and Frequent Flyers: Patterns of Shelter Utilization and Their Implications for Social Policy 79
- Patterns of Shelter Utilization: The Culhane Studies 79
- Prior Studies 82
- Patterns of Shelter Utilization in Orlando 83
- Policy Application 93
- What is "Housing First"? 94
- Notes 97
- 5 It's Not Who We Are: Realities of Homelessness for Women and Children / Hilary M. Dotson Dotson, Hilary M., Jana L. Jasinski Jasinski, Jana L. 99
- Demographics of Homeless Women and Families 100
- Child Separation 103
- Histories of Homelessness 108
- Violence, Domestic and Otherwise 111
- The Women of the WRCC 114
- Conclusions 121
- Notes 122
- 6 Shelter Life: Risk or Respite? 123
- The Men 127
- Community 128
- Crime 130
- Disease 133
- Violence 133
- Substance Abuse 134
- Motivation 135
- The Women (and Fathers) 136
- Conclusion 146
- Notes 148
- 7 Lovely, Dark, and Deep: Central Florida's Woods People 149
- Results 150
- Focus Group Observations 151
- Concluding Thoughts 166
- Notes 169
- 8 The Drunk, the Addicted, and the Just Plain Shiftless / Rachel Rayburn Rayburn, Rachel 171
- Twelve Stepping 173
- Results 177
- Creative Adaptations? 186
- Concluding Thoughts 189
- Notes 191
- 9 "No Place for Sissies": The Elderly Homeless 193
- Definition of Elderly 194
- Numbers 194
- On Becoming Elderly and Homeless 196
- Lives and Times of Older Homeless Persons in America 197
- Stories from an Emergency Homeless Shelter 198
- Homeless Stories from Miami 204
- Elderly Poverty 206
- The Lucky Ones 207
- Concluding Thoughts 209
- Notes 210
- 10 Mean as a Snake, Crazy as a Shithouse Rat: Public Perceptions of the Homeless / Jana L. Jasinski Jasinski, Jana L. 211
- Black-White Differences in Perceptions 216
- Media Effects 218
- The Rights of Homeless People 219
- Update: The 2009 Orlando Area Survey 220
- Conclusions 228
- Notes 231
- 11 The Kindness of Strangers: Volunteers, Volunteerism, and the Homeless 233
- Survey Data on Volunteers 238
- Notes 252
- 12 A Tale of Two Cities: Homeless Politics and Services in Miami and Orlando 253
- Miami 255
- Orlando 264
- Conclusions: Miami and Orlando Compared 280
- Notes 285
- 13 What Have We Learned? 287
- What Is to Be Done? 302
- Notes 305.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781412842211
- 1412842212
- OCLC:
- 670375450
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