While politicians, researchers and the media focus on the more visibly homeless, those sleeping rough in city centres or staying in hostels, this book also considers the young homeless hidden in local communities. It places young people's experiences of homelessness in the context of their biographi
Young Homeless People
β Scribed by Suzanne Fitzpatrick (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 182
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-ix
The Emergence of Youth Homelessness....Pages 1-19
Responses to Youth Homelessness....Pages 20-31
The Meaning of Home and Homelessness....Pages 32-42
Pathways through Homelessness....Pages 43-79
Private Lives: the Social Networks of Young Homeless People....Pages 80-100
Public Lives: Young Homeless Peopleβs Experience of School, Work and Public Services....Pages 101-122
Support Needs and Housing Preferences....Pages 123-133
Conclusions....Pages 134-157
Back Matter....Pages 158-172
β¦ Subjects
Politics of the Welfare State; Social Structure, Social Inequality
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