| Description |
1 online resource (475 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- 1 The Role of the Handbook -- Section 1 An Introduction to Homelessness -- 2 Historical Perspectives on Homelessness -- 3 Causation -- 4 Defining and Counting Homelessness -- 5 Responding to Homelessness: Making the Human Right to Housing a Reality in Scotland? -- 6 Homelessness and Welfare Systems -- 7 COVID-19 -- Section 2 Homelessness Across Different Disciplines -- 8 Crime, Punishment and Homelessness |
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9 Homelessness and Social Work: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities -- 10 Homelessness in Human Geography -- 11 Homelessness Through a Feminist Lens -- 12 Evidence-Based Approaches to Guide Health Providers for People Experiencing Vulnerable Housing and Complex Needs -- Section 3 The Dimensions of Homelessness -- 13 Gender -- 14 LGBTQ+ People and Homelessness -- 15 Youth -- 16 Children and Families -- 17 Migration and Ethnicity -- 18 Rural Dimensions of Homelessness -- 19 Veteran Homelessness -- 20 Homelessness and Health Through the Lens of Social Quality |
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21 Complex Needs and Housing First -- 22 Homelessness and Substance Use -- 23 Costs -- Section 4 International Experience of Homelessness -- 24 Home Truths: Homelessness in Australia -- 25 Modern Mass Homelessness in Canada -- 26 Homelessness in China -- 27 Homelessness in Denmark -- 28 Homelessness in Finland -- 29 Homelessness in Germany -- 30 Homelessness in Hungary -- 31 Ireland and Homelessness -- 32 Homelessness in Italy -- 33 Homelessness in Japan -- 34 Homelessness in Poland -- 35 Homelessness in Portugal -- 36 Homelessness in Slovenia -- 37 Sweden -- 38 UK |
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39 Homelessness in the United States -- 40 Homelessness in Montevideo: Policy Implications and Future Challenges -- 41 Homelessness Futures -- Index |
| Summary |
The Routledge Handbook of Homelessness brings together many of the world's leading scholars in the field to provide a cutting-edge overview of classic and current research and future trends in the subject |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pleace, Nicholas
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| ISBN |
9781351113106 |
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1351113100 |
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