pt. 1. In the American grain. Permanence and change / Peter H. Rossi -- Chance beings / Jerzy Kosinski -- The common good / Mary Rose McGeady -- pt. 2. The public interest. Advocacy and leadership / Hazel Dukes -- The social welfare / James R. Dumpson -- The politics of mental health / Herbert Pardes -- pt. 3. The shapes of social conflict. Victims and survivors / Robert Jay Lifton -- Homelessness and social distress / Robert W. Rieber -- The human context of homelessness / Robert Coles
Summary
Interviews with nine observers from the humanities, social and medical sciences, and human services examine the nature and conditions of this ongoing crisis