| Description |
xvii, 266 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface / John Greve -- 1. Homelessness in contemporary Britain: conceptualisation and measurement / Nicholas Pleace, Roger Burrows and Deborah Quilgars -- 2. Homelessness and the law / Stuart Lowe -- 3. Theorising homelessness: contemporary sociological and feminist perspectives / Joanne Neale -- 4. The social distribution of the experience of homelessness / Roger Burrows -- 5. The characteristics of single homeless people in England / Peter A. Kemp -- 6. Mortgage arrears, mortgage possessions and homelessness / Janet Ford -- 7. Soldiering on? Theorising homelessness amongst ex-servicemen / Paul Higate -- 8. The housing needs of ex-prisoners / Jane Carlisle -- 9. The health of single homeless people / Wendy Bines -- 10. Health, homelessness and access to health care services in London / Nicholas Pleace and Deborah Quilgars -- 11. Rehousing single homeless people / Nicholas Pleace |
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12. Opening doors in the private rented sector: developments in assistance with access / Julie Rugg -- 13. The capacity of the private rented sector to house homeless households / Mark Bevan and David Rhodes -- 14. Hostels: a useful policy and practice response? / Joanne Neale -- 15. Addressing the problem of youth homelessness, and unemployment: the contribution of foyers / Deborah Quilgars and Isobel Anderson -- 16. Working together to help homeless people: an examination of inter-agency themes / Christine Oldman |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-256) and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library) |
| Subject |
Homeless persons -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
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Homelessness -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Burrows, Roger, 1962-
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Pleace, Nicholas, 1965-
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Quilgars, Deborah, 1965-
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| LC no. |
97002330 |
| ISBN |
0415154561 |
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041515457X (paperback) |
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