Swept up lives? : re-envisioning the homeless city /
"À compelling narrative, moving from "the street" to structure and back again, to argue that more attention needs to be paid to the neoliberalist welfare state. The authors highlight expamples of hope and caring, providing a critical but optimistic view of what can be done by individu...
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Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: re-envisioning the homeless city
- From neoliberalization to postsecularism
- Tactics and performativities in the homeless city
- 'He's not homeless, he shouldn't have any food': outdoor relief in a postsecular age
- 'It's like you can almost be normal again': refuge and resource in Britain's day centres
- 'It's been a tough night, huh?': hopelessness (and hope) in Britain's homeless hostels
- Big city blues: uneven geographies of provision in the homeless city
- On the margins of the homeless city: caring for homeless people in rural areas
- Conclusions.