Transitions Through Homelessness - Lives on the Edge

Informationen zum Autor CAROL MCNAUGHTON is currently an ESRC Research Fellow at the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, UK. She has extensive experience of researching transgression, transitions and the institutional role of social policy. Klappentext Following a group of people as they make the transition from homeless to 'housed' , this book presents a new perspective on homelessness, the individual factors associated with it such as addiction, mental illness and traumatic life histories, and how welfare and poverty interact with these conditions. Zusammenfassung Following a group of people as they make the transition from homeless to 'housed' , this book presents a new perspective on homelessness, the individual factors associated with it such as addiction, mental illness and traumatic life histories, and how welfare and poverty interact with these conditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction In the Absence of Home: Understanding Homelessness Emotional and Material Landscapes of Life Becoming a Homeless Person Being a Homeless Person Homelessness, Social Welfare and 'Targeted Populations' Homelessness, Identity and Social Networks Conclusion: Lives on the Edge?

List of contents

Introduction In the Absence of Home: Understanding Homelessness Emotional and Material Landscapes of Life Becoming a Homeless Person Being a Homeless Person Homelessness, Social Welfare and 'Targeted Populations' Homelessness, Identity and Social Networks Conclusion: Lives on the Edge?

Product details

• Authors: C McNaughton, C. McNaughton, Carol McNaughton
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349299829
• ISBN: 978-1-349-29982-9
• No. of pages: 205
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; B, Social Inequality, Welfare State, Human Rights, Social Policy, Poverty, Welfare, Social & ethical issues, Social Work, Development Aid, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social groups and identities, Social Justice, Social Structure, Central / national / federal government policies, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Development Studies, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Politics of the Welfare State