Faces of homelessness in the Asia Pacific / edited by Carole Zufferey and Nilan Yu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zufferey, Carole, author.

Yu, Nilan, 1969- author.

Series:

Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 61.

Routledge contemporary Asia series ; 61

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homeless persons--Pacific Area.

Homeless persons.

Economic conditions.

Asia--Economic conditions--1945-.

Asia.

Asia--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Pacific Area--Economic conditions--1945-.

Pacific Area.

Pacific Area--Economic policy.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

xiii, 160 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Summary:

Across the Asia Pacific, there are a vast range of experiences of homelessness and an equally diverse range of responses from state systems. Since understandings of homelessness are also heavily dependent on geographical, cultural, and historical contexts, attitudes towards it as a 'social problem' are essentially underpinned by ideological considerations. With a particular focus on critical and international policy and practice, this book builds upon the current scholarship of homelessness across the Asia Pacific. Through examining and comparing a range of state responses, it explores the differing definitions and lived experiences of the issue in a number of countries, including Japan, China, India, Korea, and Australia. The book analyses a range of key themes from welfare provision and legislation to the services provided and the roles played by non-governmental organisations, whilst also recognising the effects of class, gender and ethnicity on homelessness in the region.

Contents:

The many faces of homelessness : a critical introduction / Carole Zufferey and Nilan Yu

Homelessness and homeless policies in the context of the residual Japanese welfare state / Johannes Kiener and Toshio Mizuuchi

Homelessness in China / Della Qiu and Carole Zufferey

Living homeless in urban India : state and societal responses / Kalpana Goel and Richa Choudhary

Children's homelessness in Sri Lanka / Eshantha Ariyadasa, Helen McLaren and Janet McIntyre-Mills

Homelessness in Korea : lived experience and policy issues / Soyoung Kim and Yong-Chang Heo

Homelessness in hong kong : the evolution of official homeless assistance and the context of housing / Geerhardt Kornatowski and Hung Wong

A unique sustainable livelihoods strategy : how resilient homeless families survive on the streets of metro Manila, Philippines / Justin Nicolas and Mel Gray

Homelessness in Australia / Chris Horsell and Carole Zufferey

A portrait of homelessness in the Asia Pacific / Carole Zufferey and Nilan Yu.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138201927

1138201928

OCLC:

975370242