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9780415343725

International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415343725

  • ISBN10:

    0415343720

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-10-16
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Drawing on recent academic studies of rural homelessness in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this proposed book represents the first international text on homelessness in rural areas. Consisting of 15 specially commissioned chapters, the book will provide comparative material on the cultural, political and policy contexts of rural homelessness, the nature and scale of homelessness in rural areas, and the complex local geographies of rural homelessness.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii
1 Introduction: the hidden faces of rural homelessness
1(8)
Paul Milbourne and Paul Cloke
2 Rural homelessness in the United States
9(16)
Laudan Y. Aron
3 Homeless in the heartland: American dreams and nightmares in Indian Country
25(20)
Charles Geisler and Lance George
4 Quasi-homelessness among rural trailer-park households in the United States
45(18)
Sonya Salamon and Katherine MacTavish
5 Homelessness in rural and small town Canada
63(16)
David Bruce
6 Rural homelessness in the UK: a national overview
79(18)
Paul Milbourne and Paul Cloke
7 The hidden and neglected experiences of homelessness in rural England
97(24)
David Robinson
8 Knowing homelessness in rural England
121(16)
Paul Cloke and Paul Milbourne
9 International perspectives on rural homelessness: a sociological perspective on homelessness in rural Spain
137(24)
José Antonio López Ruiz and Pedro Cabrera Cabrera
10 Are there any homeless people in rural Finland? 161(27)
Sakari Hänninen
11 Homelessness in rural Ireland 188(20)
Eoin O'Sullivan
12 Inhabiting the margins: a geography of rural homelessness in Australia 208(23)
Neil Argent and Fran Rolley
13 Homelessness amongst young people in rural regions of Australia 231(16)
Andrew Beer, Paul Delfabbro, Kristin Natalier, Susan Oakley, Jasmin Packer and Fiona Verity
14 Places to stand but not necessarily to dwell: the paradox of rural homelessness in New Zealand 247(14)
Robin Kearns
15 Writing/righting rural homelessness 261(13)
Paul Cloke and Paul Milbourne
References 274(43)
Index 317

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