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The Politics of Ending Homelessness

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This book highlights the political nature of homelessness in particular, the political nature of ending the issue and suggests that a movement of homeless and poor people is the most efficient, and in all probability the only, hope for significantly alleviating the homelessness problem. There are signs that the opportunity of this kind of movement is growing. Unions of the Homeless and other national protest organizations constructed from homeless and low-source of revenue people have arisen previously decade. These groups constitute the beginnings of what could develop into a widespread Homeless and Poor People’s Movement.
Contents: Preface; INTRODUCTION; UNDERSTANDING HOMELESSNESS; Prevalence of Homelessness; Characteristics of the Population; Structural Causes of Homelessness; Governments Response to Homelessness; THE HOMELESS AND POOR PEOPLE’S MOVEMENT; The Potential for an Emerging Movement; Potential Sorts of the Movement; Potential Successes of the Movement; Limitations of the Movement’s Successes; Notes; PROTEST AS THE MEANS TO END HOMELESSNESS; The Role of Outsiders in the Movement; Conclusion; Appendix; Biography; Index.

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