International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness

Herausgeber: Cloke, Paul; Milbourne, Paul

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness in rural areas. Consisting of fifteen specially commissioned chapters, International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness provides comparative material on the cultural, political and policy contexts of rural homelessness, examining the nature and scale of the issue and the complex local geographies of rural homelessness.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780415649278
• ISBN-10: 0415649277
• Artikelnr.: 36540223

Autorenporträt

Paul Cloke, Paul Milbourne

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Hidden Faces of Rural Homelessness 2. Rural
Homelessness in the United States 3. Homeless in the Heartland: American
Dreams and Nightmares in Indian Country 4. Quasi-Homelessness Among Rural
Trailer-Park Households in the United States 5. Homelessness in Rural and
Small Town Canada 6. Rural Homelessness in the UK: A National Overview 7.
Hidden and Neglected: Homelessness in Rural England 8. Knowing Homelessness
in Rural England 9. A Sociological Perspective on Homelessness in Rural
Spain 10. Are There Any Homeless People in Rural Finland? 11. Homelessness
in Rural Ireland 12. Inhabiting the Margins: A Geography of Rural
Homelessness in Australia 13. Homelessness Amongst Young People in Rural
Regions of Australia