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List of contents
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Talmadge Wright
Social Space, Difference, and Homeless CareersThe Homeless in Sao Paulo: Spatial Arrangements by Suzana Pasternak Taschner and Elaine Pedreira Rabinovich
Homelessness in the Netherlands: Facts and Perspectives by Leon Deben and Dorine Greshof
America's New Homeless: Single-Parent Families by Mary Jo Huth
Deconstructing "Undeserving," Resisting Normalcy, and Managing MarginalityReinterpreting the "Undeserving Poor": From Pathology to Resistance by David Wagner
Homelessness and Marginality in Australia: Young and Old People Secluded from Independence by Erica Hallebone
Control and Exclusions: The Social Regulation of HomelessnessHomelessness and Social Exclusion: The Situation of Single Homeless People in Great Britain by Isobel Anderson
Discipline and Border Control in Sweden: Strategies for Tenant Control and Housing Exclusion by Ingrid Sahlin
Questioning Assumptions and Possible Solutions to HomelessnessThe Culture and Reality of Homelessness in the Postmodern City: The Italian Case by Maura de Bernart
Charity Begins at Home: A Cross-National View of the Voluntary Sector in Britain, Canada, and the United States by Gerald Daly
Index
About the Editors and Contributors
About the author
MARY JO HUTH is Professor of Sociology at the University of Dayton, specializing in urban sociology and the family. Her books include
The Urban Habitat: Past Present, and Future.
TALMADGE WRIGHT is Associate Professor of Sociology at Loyola University, Chicago, and the author of
Out of Place: Homeless Mobilizations, Subcities, and Contested Landscapes.
