The homelessness industry : a critique of US social policy /

Homelessness once was considered an aberration. Today it is a normalized feature of US society. It is also, argue Elizabeth Beck and Pamela Twiss, an industry: the embrace of neoliberal policies and piecemeal efforts to address the problem have ensured a steady production of homeless people, as well...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Beck, Elizabeth (Autor), Twiss, Pamela (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., [2018]
Temas:
Homelessness > United States > History.
Homelessness > Government policy > United States.
Homeless persons > Services for > United States.
Itinérance > États-Unis > Histoire.
Itinérance > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Sans-abri > Services > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Homeless persons > Services for
Homelessness
Homelessness > Government policy
Social policy
United States > Social policy.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The making of the homelessness industry
  • Homelessness today and its historical roots
  • Competing values: neoliberalism and social justice
  • From social problem to psychiatry
  • Early federal policy and the fight for McKinney
  • Implementation in a hostile context:the first two years of the McKinney Act
  • Services, not justice
  • From managing to ending homelessness
  • The present continuing quest for justice.

Ejemplares similares