Homelessness and Social Policy
Homelessness and Social Policy by Roger Burrows, published by Psychology Press in 1997, is a comprehensive examination of the issue of homelessness in Britain. This 266-page book presents a dispassionate analysis of the societal challenges surrounding homelessness, focusing on the inadequacies in addressing fundamental needs such as shelter, warmth, and food. Through a review of theoretical and legal conceptualizations, the author provides insights into the impact of homelessness and the policy responses that have emerged.
Readers will find extensive statistical analyses that illuminate the complexities of homelessness and its implications for social policy. The book is particularly relevant for students and professionals in fields such as social work, sociology, and public policy, offering a critical perspective on the intersection of homelessness with health care delivery and social services. This edition serves as a valuable resource for those seeking to understand the multifaceted nature of homelessness and the societal structures that influence it.
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The problem of homelessness is deeply emblematic of the sort of society Britain has become. What other social phenomena could better epitomise the end of modernity than our seeming inability to adequately respond to the most basic needs – shelter, warmth, food – of substantial numbers of our ‘citizens’? Homelessness and Social Policy offers a dispassionate analysis of the problem of homelessness and the policy responses it has so far invoked.
By reviewing theoretical and legal conceptualisations of homelessness and presenting extensive statistical analyses, this book considers the impact of the experience of homelessness and the policy responses. Homelessness and Social Policy will prove to be invaluable to students of social and public policy, health studies, housing studies and sociology.
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