| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 191 pages) : illustrations |
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Different Welfare Regimes, Similar Outcomes? : The Impact of Public Policy on Homeless People's Exit Chances in Berlin and Los Angeles -- Homeless Spaces, Homeless Lives : Using Ethnography to Assess Homeless People's Life Courses and Exit Chances in Berlin -- Not Allowed : Legal Exclusion, Human Rights, and Global Capital -- Not Wanted : Containment, Warehousing, and Service Exclusion -- Not Needed : Market Exclusion, Exit Strategies, and the Specter of Neoliberalism -- Sociospatial Exclusion of Homeless People : Comparative Perspective |
| Summary |
Los Angeles, California, and Berlin, Germany, have been dubbed "homeless capitals" for having the largest homeless populations of their respective countries. In this book, the author provides a comparative analysis of the impact of social welfare policy on homelessness in these cities. He addresses the opportunity of people to overcome - or "exit" - homelessness and shows how Berlin, with its considerable social and economic investment for assisting its homeless, has been as unsuccessful as Los Angeles. Drawing on ethnographic insights, the author shows how homeless people in both cities face sociospatial exclusion - legal displacement for criminal activities, poor shelters in impoverished neighborhoods, and market barriers that restrict reintegration. Providing a wake-up call for readers, this book addresses the critical public policy issues that can produce effective services to improve homeless people's chances for a lasting exit |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-182) and index |
| Notes |
Text in English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Homelessness -- California -- Los Angeles
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Homelessness -- Germany -- Berlin
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Homelessness -- Government policy -- California -- Los Angeles
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Homelessness -- Government policy -- Germany -- Berlin
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Homeless persons -- California -- Los Angeles
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Homeless persons -- Germany -- Berlin
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Homeless persons
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Homelessness
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Homelessness -- Government policy
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Ausgrenzung
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Obdachloser
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California -- Los Angeles
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Germany -- Berlin
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Berlin
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Los Angeles, Calif.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781439908280 |
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1439908281 |
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1299139361 |
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9781299139367 |
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