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Title: Gimme Shelter
Condition: New
Subtitle: A Social History of Homelessness in Contemporary America
ISBN-10: 0275944018
EAN: 9780275944018
ISBN: 9780275944018
Publisher: Praeger Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback
Type: Paperback
Release Date: 30/06/1992
Description: According to current projections, the number of homeless in the United States will continue to swell in the 1990s unless more aggressive efforts to combat the problem are initiated. Based upon a thorough analysis of the underlying social and political causes of homelessness in this country, this study takes a hard look at the realities and misconceptions that surround the victims. Gregg Barak demonstrates how current public service programs inadequately address the issue, and proposes governmental policy changes that could prove beneficial.In an effort to dispel the myths that stereotype the homeless, this study places their plight within the continuing domestic and worldwide economic emergency and defines their demographics according to such factors as age, sex, race, health, and education. Barak's subsequent focus on the violence and criminality associated with the condition and treatment of the homeless uncovers controversial issues of injustice and constitutionality, and aims the discussion toward possible solutions for this burgeoning problem.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Author: Gregg Barak
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Item Height: 235mm
Item Length: 156mm
Item Weight: 340g
Release Year: 1992

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