Ungoverned and out of sight : public health and the political crisis of homelessness in the United States / Charley E. Willison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willison, Charley E., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homelessness--United States.

Homelessness.

Homelessness--Government policy--United States.

Housing policy--United States.

Housing policy.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

'Ungoverned and Out of Sight' offers a critical investigation into the relationship between local governance, chronic homelessness, and public health. It includes exclusive interviews providing new insight into which supportive housing policies work best and provides practical on-the-ground context for practitioners, policy makers, and students.

Contents:

America's Homelessness Crisis

Homeless Politics in the United States : Theories of the Ungoverned and Unwanted

Seeking Deeper Explanations : Case Selection and Qualitative Analysis

Measuring Municipal Participation in Homeless Governance : A National Perspective

The Integrated State : San Francisco and Challenges for Policy Implementation

The Fragmented State : Atlanta and the Challenges of Coordination

Shreveport : No Municipal Governance, Administrative Burdens and Elite Influence

A Way Forward.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 12, 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-754834-2

0-19-754835-0