Megan Ravenhill

Broschiertes Buch

The Culture of Homelessness

Beschreibung

In this fascinating and much-needed ethnographic study, Megan Ravenhill presents the results of ten years' research on the streets and in the hostels and day-centres of the UK, incorporating intensive interviews with 150 homeless and formerly homeless people as well as policy makers and professionals working with homeless people.

Autor

Megan Ravenhill is Honorary Visiting Lecturer at Kingston University, working on a pilot internet project on how to make accessible information on avoiding homelessness. Prior to this she worked on the 'What is Homelessness?' research project at the Centre for Housing and Community Research in the Cities Institute at London Metropolitan University and was a member of the Centre for Understanding Homeless Populations (CUHP), a European Commission-funded research network. Dr Ravenhill studied for her PhD at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE), London School of Economics. She has conducted research for organisations including The Community Fund, DTLR Supporting People Programme, London Borough of Camden, Centrepoint, the Gatsby foundation and Keychange.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781138262393
• ISBN-10: 1138262390
• Artikelnr.: 54801234