The homelessness industry : a critique of US social policy
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The homelessness industry : a critique of US social policy
Lynne Rienner Publishers, c2018
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-274) and index
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Description
Homelessness once was considered an aberration. Today it is a normalized feature of US society. It is also, argued in The Homelessness Industry: the embrace of neoliberal policies and piecemeal efforts to address the problem have ensured a steady production of homeless people, as well as a plethora of disjointed social services that often pathologize individuals instead of housing them. Tracing the transformation of homelessness from being a social-justice issue to one with solutions based on medical models and zero-sum-games analyses, the authors explore how government policies and practices have served to shape our limited response to the problem. Equally important, they consider how a more just, human-rights-based approach might be effected.
Table of Contents
1. The Making of the Homelessness Industry 2. Homelessness Today and Its Historical Roots 3. Competing Values: Neoliberalism and Social Justice 4. From Social Problem to Psychiatry 5. Early Federal Policy and the Fight for McKinney 6. Implementation in a Hostile Context: The First Two Years of the McKinney Act 7. Services, Not Justice 8. From Managing to Ending Homelessness 9. The Present Continuing Quest for Justice.
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