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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burrows, Roger, 1962-

Pleace, Nicholas, 1965-

Quilgars, Deborah, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homelessness--Great Britain.

Homelessness.

Homeless persons--Government policy--Great Britain.

Homeless persons.

Physical Description:

xvii, 266 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-73412-3

1-134-73413-1

1-280-31826-0

0-203-44332-2

0-203-27677-9

9780203443323

OCLC:

52085768