| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 171 pages) : illustrations |
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Introduction -- Definitions and premises -- Information production in context -- Ideology: the dominating conceptions of homelessness -- Mechanisms: connecting ideology and information production -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Interview subjects -- Appendix B: Key elements in the field of homelessness j-- Appendix C: History of homelessness in San Francisco -- Appendix D: Research method -- Appendix E: Interview questions -- Appendix F: Transcription conventions |
| Summary |
"Informed Consent analyzes the interplay between ideology and information. Through extensive research on how information about the homeless is generated and interpreted, Lisa R. Schiff offers both hard evidence and a convincing argument for questioning "how service providers create forms and clients complete them, how advocates administer surveys and public agencies compile counts." At the same time, she explores the day-to-day implications of her findings by demonstrating how competing understandings affect prevailing ideologies, which in turn affect our attempts at social change."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Information theory in the social sciences.
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Ideology.
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Social sciences -- Research.
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Political planning.
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Homelessness.
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Objectivity.
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ideology.
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homelessness.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Research.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Methodology.
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Homelessness
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Ideology
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Information theory in the social sciences
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Objectivity
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Political planning
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Social sciences -- Research
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
058547995X |
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9780585479958 |
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