Contested Landscapes of Poverty and Homelessness In Southern Europe - Reflections from Athens

The book uses Athens as a case study to identify the key features of urban anti-poverty policies in Greece and to discuss them in relation to policy developments in the crisis-ridden countries of Southern Europe. The idea of contested landscapes shapes the focus of the book on urban poverty and homelessness. Contested landscapes refer to the complex dynamics between visible and invisible poverty and to competing strategies on how to address them. The book takes a path-dependent view on the development of post-welfare arrangements, devolution, and pluralism that are being shaped by both neoliberal mentality, solidarity and communitarian practices. The authors draw on their own research and advocacy background in New York and Athens to shape their conceptual and methodological tools; however, rather than uncritically 'importing' North American and North European concepts to Greece, the book highlights the significance of distinctive Mediterranean features for analysing homelessness and anti-poverty policies. This will be a useful read for academics policy makers in areas of urban studies, sociology, social policy, human geography and anthropology.

List of contents

Acknowledgements.- List of Tables.- List of Figures.- List of Maps.- List of Acronyms.- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Landscapes of homelessness and poverty in North American and European cities.- Chapter 3: Poverty and homelessness during the Great Recession and its aftermath.- Chapter 4: Contested landscapes of homelessness in Athens.- Chapter 5: Welfare state rescaling and austerity since 2011.- Chapter 6: Landscapes of emergency: roll-with poverty management?.- Chapter 7: Problematising emergency and poverty management.- Chapter 8: Landscapes of hope, experiments with community care.- Chapter 9: Reflections and policy implications.

Product details

• Authors: Vassilis P. Arapoglou, Kostas Gounis
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2017
• EAN: 9783319624518
• ISBN: 978-3-31-962451-8
• No. of pages: 149
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 222 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 315 g
• Illustrations: XV, 149 p. 12 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Urban and regional sociology; C, Social Inequality, Human Rights, Entwicklungsstudien, Poverty, Social Sciences, Social & ethical issues, Politics & government, Urban & municipal planning, Development Aid, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Urban Sociology, Social Justice, Social Structure, Urban Geography and Urbanism, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Sociology, Urban, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban communities, Development Studies, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Urban geography