Struggling in the Land of Plenty - Race, Class, and Gender in the Lives of Homeless Families

Summary

Struggling in the Land of Plenty examines how gendered and racialized poverty, social structural inequality, intimate partner violence, and welfare reform have contributed to the rise in family homelessness, exposing the devastating consequences for women and their children.

Product details

• Authors: Anne R. Roschelle, Roschelle Anne R.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781793600783
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-078-3
• No. of pages: 226
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Poverty & unemployment, Ethnic groups & multicultural studies, Social discrimination & inequality, Gender studies, gender groups, Social discrimination & equal treatment, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Urban communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Poverty & precarity, Housing & homelessness