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Begging questions : street-level economic activity and social policy failure /

Though begging is intimately linked to issues of street homelessness, mental health, substance abuse and social exclusion, this book focuses on begging as a distinctive form of marginalised economic activity. It uniquely brings together contributions from academics, as well as taking into account th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Dean, Hartley, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 1999.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • BEGGING QUESTIONS; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Begging and the contradictions of citizenship; 3. Why begging offends: historical perspectives and continuities; 4. Begging: the global context and international comparisons; 5. Excluded youth and the growth of begging; 6. Easy pickings or hard profession? Begging as an economic activity; 7. Begging in time and space: 'shadow work' and the rural context; 8. The face that begs: street begging scenes and selves' identity work; 9. Word from the street: the perils and pains of researching begging.