Faces of homelessness in the Asia Pacific
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Faces of homelessness in the Asia Pacific
(Routledge contemporary Asia series, 61)
Routledge, 2018
- : hbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Across the Asia Pacific, there are a vast range of experiences of homelessness and an equally diverse range of responses from state systems. Since understandings of homelessness are also heavily dependent on geographical, cultural, and historical contexts, attitudes towards it as a 'social problem' are essentially underpinned by ideological considerations.
With a particular focus on critical and international policy and practice, this book builds upon the current scholarship of homelessness across the Asia Pacific. Through examining and comparing a range of state responses, it explores the differing definitions and lived experiences of the issue in a number of countries, including Japan, China, India, Korea, and Australia. The book analyses a range of key themes from welfare provision and legislation to the services provided and the roles played by non-governmental organisations, whilst also recognising the effects of class, gender and ethnicity on homelessness in the region.
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Faces of Homelessness in the Asia Pacific will be useful to students and scholars of Social Policy, Urban Sociology, Psychology and Asian Studies.
Table of Contents
1. The many faces of homelessness: A critical introduction, Carole Zufferey and Nilan Yu 2. Homelessness and homeless policies in the context of the residual Japanese welfare state, Johannes Kiener and Toshio Mizuuchi 3. Homelessness in China, Della Qiu and Carole Zufferey 4. Living homeless in urban India: State and societal responses, Kalpana Goel and Richa Choudhary 5. Children's homelessness in Sri Lanka, Eshantha Ariyadasa, Helen McLaren and Janet McIntyre-Mills 6. Homelessness in Korea: Lived experience and policy issues, Soyoung Kim and Yong-Chang Heo 7. Homelessness in Hong Kong: The evolution of official homeless assistance and the context of housing, Geerhardt Kornatowski and Hung Wong 8. A unique sustainable livelihoods strategy: How resilient homeless families survive on the streets of Metro Manila, Philippines, Justin Nicolas and Mel Gray 9. Homelessness in Australia, Chris Horsell and Carole Zufferey 10. A portrait of homelessness in the Asia Pacific, Carole Zufferey and Nilan Yu
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