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Author Wright, James D.

Title Beside the golden door : policy, politics, and the homeless / James D. Wright, Beth A. Rubin, and Joel A. Devine.

Publication Info. New York : Aldine de Gruyter, [1998]
©1998

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.5 W951B    Check Shelf
Description xix, 238 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Social institutions and social change
Social institutions and social change.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-231) and index.
Contents The homeless : what are the issues? what are the controversies? -- Counting the homeless -- Why the homeless can't be counted -- Poverty, housing, and homelessness -- Families and family estrangement -- Mental illness and substance abuse -- Why alcohol and drug treatment is not the solution -- Health and health status -- Outside American cities : rural and European homelessness -- Street children in North and Latin America -- Homelessness in the twenty-first century.
Subject Homelessness -- Government policy -- United States.
Homelessness -- United States -- Public opinion.
Low-income housing -- United States.
Housing policy -- United States.
Mental health policy -- United States.
Public opinion -- United States.
United States -- Economic policy.
United States -- Politics and government.
Added Author Rubin, Beth A., 1955-
Devine, Joel A., 1953-
ISBN 0202306135 alkaline paper
9780202306131 alkaline paper
0202306143 paperback alkaline paper
9780202306148 paperback alkaline paper
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