Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-194) and index.
Contents
Beyond the conventional wisdom on the homeless -- Voices from Checkerboard Square -- The family: no haven -- "Get ajob": the limits of the work ethic -- Institutions of control: social welfare as contested terrain -- Alternative institutions and movements among street people -- Subcultures and patterns of association among street people -- Checkerboard Square and a radical critique of homelessness.