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Author Wasserman, Jason Adam.

Title At home on the street : people, poverty, and a hidden culture of homelessness / Jason Adam Wasserman , Jeffrey Michael Clair.

Publication Info. Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2010]
©2010

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Description xi, 252 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index.
Contents Introduction: Homelessness in the United States -- Accessing a hidden population -- Describing those who are homeless -- Causes of homelessness -- Urban space and relations on the street -- The complex dispositions of people on the street -- Street identities and creative resistance -- Business, politics, and the moving ghetto -- Homeless services: healing the sick -- Religious approaches: saving souls -- Conclusion: improving research, improving policy.
Summary Synopsis: In their examination of what it means to be truly at home on the street, Jason Wasserman and Jeffrey Clair argue that programs and policies addressing homeless people too often serve only to alienate them. They delve into the complex realities of homelessness to paint a gripping picture of individuals - not cases or pathologies - living on the street and of their strategies for daily survival. By exploring the private spaces that those who are homeless create for themselves, as well as their prevailing social mores, the authors explain how well-intentioned policies and programs often only widen the gap between the indigent and mainstream society. The result is an unvarnished look at the culture of long-term homelessness and a fresh approach to reaching this resurgent population.
Subject Homelessness -- United States.
Homeless persons -- United States.
Thuislozen
Sociaal-economische aspecten
Sociale problemen
United States
Homeless persons. (OCoLC)fst00959445
Homelessness. (OCoLC)fst00959545
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Clair, Jeffrey M., 1958-
Added Title People, poverty, and a hidden culture of homelessness
Other Form: Online version: Wasserman, Jason Adam. At home on the street. Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, c2010 (OCoLC)769699134
ISBN 9781588267252 alkaline paper
1588267253 alkaline paper
9781588267016 pbk., alk. paper
1588267016 pbk., alk. paper
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