Paul Cloke, Jon May, Sarah Johnsen

Swept Up Lives? (eBook, PDF)

Re-envisioning the Homeless City

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Produktbeschreibung

Utilizing innovative ethnographic research, Swept Up Lives? challenges conventional accounts of urban homelessness to trace the complex and varied attempts to care for homeless people * Presents innovative ethnographic research which suggests an important shift in perspective in the analysis and understanding of urban homelessness * Emphasizes the ethical and emotional geographies of care embodied and performed within homeless services spaces * Suggests that different homelessness 'scenes' develop in different places due to varied historical, political, and cultural responses to the problems faced

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444324662
• Artikelnr.: 38405594

Autorenporträt

Paul Cloke is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Exeter. His research interests are in social and cultural geographies of ethics, rurality, and nature, and he has published widely on issues relating to poverty, homelessness, and social marginalisation. Jon May is Professor of Geography at Queen Mary University of London. He has published extensively on the geographies of homelessness and is the co-author or co-editor of five books including, most recently, Global Cities at Work: New Migrant Divisions of Labour (2009). Sarah Johnsen is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York. She has published widely in the field of homelessness and social policy.

Inhaltsangabe

Figures and Tables vi
Series Editors' Preface vii
Acknowledgements viii
Abbreviations x
1 Introduction: Re-envisioning the Homeless City 1
2 From Neoliberalization to Postsecularism 22
3 Tactics and Performativities in the Homeless City 61
4 'He's Not Homeless, He Shouldn't Have Any Food': Outdoor Relief in a
Postsecular Age 92
5 'It's Like You Can Almost Be Normal Again': Refuge and Resource in
Britain's Day Centres 117
6 'It's Been a Tough Night, Huh?' Hopelessness (and Hope) in Britain's
Homeless Hostels 147
7 Big City Blues: Uneven Geographies of Provision in the Homeless City 181
8 On the Margins of the Homeless City: Caring for Homeless People in Rural
Areas 211
9 Conclusions 241
References 255
Index 274

Rezensionen

"Overall, this book makes a substantial contribution toresearch on urban homelessness. It provides a glimpse into anetwork of emotions relationships, and service provision that isunderacknowledged in urban geography." (The CanadianGeographer, 4 September 2014)

"Swept up Lives? lives up toexpectations and delivers a wellargued and insightful analysis that progresses establishedparadigmatic ways of understanding homelessness in the Westernworld." (UGRG Book Review Series, 19 December 2011)

"I cannot praise this book highly enough or hope to do justiceto it in a short review. It is a considerable and possiblyunprecedented achievement . . . I would recommend that this book beread by everyone who has anything to do with homelessness, and byevery policy work, every politician, and every academic analyst ofthe policy process." (The Geographical Journal, 2011)

"A compelling narrative, moving from 'the street' to structureand back again, to argue that more attention needs to be paid tothe neoliberalist welfare state. The authors highlight examples ofhope and caring, providing a critical but optimistic view of whatcan be done by individuals, institutions, and governing bodies. Amust read for researchers and students interested in understandingnot only homelessness, but also the complexities ofgovernance.'
--Lois M. Takahashi, University of California, Los Angeles

'Challenging theories of urban revanchism that denyhomeless people agency and neglect the complexities oftoday's welfare state, Swept Up Lives provides asharp conceptual corrective and rich portrayal of geographies ofhomelessness in Britain. Detailed ethnographies and institutionalanalysis offer a window on homeless subjectivities and voluntaryorganizations as spaces of caring and active citizenship. I highlyrecommend this book.'
--Jennifer Wolch, University of California, Berkeley

'A well crafted, insightful and timely book that overturnsexisting orthodoxies, exploring the experience of homelessness inthe UK and providing a thought-provoking portrayal of the humanface of homelessness.'
--Christine Milligan, Lancaster University