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Gimme Shelter: A Social History of Homelessness in Contemporary America
By Gregg Barak
232 pages
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- Publisher:
- Praeger
- Place of publication:
- New York
- Publication year:
- 1992
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Synopsis
According to current projections, the number of homeless in the United States will continue to swell in the 1990s unless more aggressive efforts to combat the problem are initiated. Based upon a thorough analysis of the underlying social and political causes of homelessness in this country, this study takes a a hard look at the realities and misconceptions that surround the victims. Barak demonstrates how current public service programs inadequately address the issue and proposes governmental policy ...
According to current projections, the number of homeless in the United States will continue to swell in the 1990s unless more aggressive efforts to combat the problem are initiated. Based upon a thorough analysis of the underlying social and political causes of homelessness in this country, this study takes a a hard look at the realities and misconceptions that surround the victims. Barak demonstrates how current public service programs inadequately address the issue and proposes governmental policy changes that could prove beneficial. Related issues of criminality, injustice, and constitutionality associated with the treatment of the homeless are uncovered as the discussion searches for both short and long term solutions to this burgeoning crisis.
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Table of contents
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- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- References xii
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Part I - The Problem of Homelessness 1
- 1 - Introduction 3
- References 19
- 2 - The Changing Nature of Homelessness 21
- References 50
- 3 - The Political Economy of the New Vagrancy 53
- Conclusion 71
- Note 71
- References 72
- 4 - The Crime of Homelessness versus the Crimes of the Homeless 75
- References 97
- Title Page iii
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- References xii
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Part I - The Problem of Homelessness 1
- 1 - Introduction 3
- References 19
- 2 - The Changing Nature of Homelessness 21
- References 50
- 3 - The Political Economy of the New Vagrancy 53
- Conclusion 71
- Note 71
- References 72
- 4 - The Crime of Homelessness versus the Crimes of the Homeless 75
- References 97
- Part II - Confronting the Problem 101
- 5 - Responding to Short-Term Homeless Needs 103
- Conclusion 126
- 6 - Resisting Homelessness 129
- References 142
- 7 - The Rights of the Homeless 145
- References 170
- 8 - Social Change and Homelessness: Past and Future 173
- References 194
- Selected Bibliography 197
- Index 201
- About the Author 213