
The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness
- 454 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness
About this book
The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness brings together many of the world's leading scholars in the field to provide a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research and future trends in the subject.
Comprising 41 chapters and divided into four sections, the handbook includes
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- A comprehensive introduction to homelessness, referring to history, culture, causation and definitions.
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- Contemporary and historical debates around homelessness in different academic disciplines.
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- Homelessness relating to gender, sexuality, youth, families, migration, rurality, veterans and health.
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- A range of country-specific studies to illustrate the ways in which homelessness is researched and understood around the world.
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- Methods of engagement and modes of analysis.
With contributors from around the world and editors from the Centre of Housing Policy at the University of York, this handbook provides a groundbreaking and authoritative guide to theory, method and the primary interdisciplinary debates of today on homelessness. It will be essential reading for students, academics and professionals across the disciplines of sociology, human geography, public policy, housing policy, social policy, social work, economics and criminology.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- 1 The role of the handbook
- Section1 An introduction to homelessness
- Section2 Homelessness across different disciplines
- Section3 The dimensions of homelessness
- Section4 International experience of homelessness
- Index