Transitions through homelessness : lives on the edge /
"Who are 'the homeless'? How is homelessness really experienced in contemporary society? And how do these people then attempt to make a transition back - to find a 'home' once more?" "These are some of the questions considered in this study, which follows a group o...
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
c2008.
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| 100 | 1 | |a McNaughton, Carol Corinne. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Transitions through homelessness : |b lives on the edge / |c Carol McNaughton. |
| 260 | |a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; |a New York : |b Palgrave Macmillan, |c c2008. | ||
| 300 | |a viii, 197 p. ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-193) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a In the absence of home: understanding homelessness -- Emotional and material landscapes of life -- Becoming a homeless person -- Being a homeless person -- Homelessness, social welfare and 'targeted populations' -- Homelessness, identity and social networks -- Conclusion: lives on the edge. | |
| 520 | 1 | |a "Who are 'the homeless'? How is homelessness really experienced in contemporary society? And how do these people then attempt to make a transition back - to find a 'home' once more?" "These are some of the questions considered in this study, which follows a group of people making a transition out of homelessness for a year in their lives. The experiences of each individual are set within autobiographical accounts of their lives before, during, and in some cases, after being a 'homeless person'. This opens the door to what may be to many readers a hidden world of trauma, poverty, and marginality in the UK."--Jacket. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Homelessness. | |
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| 650 | 7 | |a Homelessness. |2 fast |0 (OCoLC)fst00959545 | |
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