Lost in Space : The Criminalization, Globalization, and Urban Ecology of Homelessness

by Amster, Randall

• ISBN13: 9781593322977
• ISBN10: 1593322976
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Lfb Scholarly Pub Llc

Summary

"Randall Amster explores homelessness as both a social and spatial problem. Homeless people are on the front lines of a struggle to preserve places that are theoretically open to anyone regardless of status. Urban spaces in particular manifest a complex ecology comprised of people, culture, architecture, technology, and the natural environment, expressed through gentrification, redevelopment, and privatization. In this ecology, homeless people are criminalized for performing basic activities such as sitting or sleeping. These trends are evident across the U.S. and internationally, linking local issues with wider forces of globalization."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Randall Amster is professor of Peace Studies and Social Thought at Prescott College.

Table of Contents

Figures and Illustrations
Facing the 'Homeless Problem': Subsistence, Survival, and Skid Row	p. 1
Urban Ecology and Public Space: Disney, Development, and Dystopia	p. 43
Patterns of Exclusion: The Perversity of Homeless Criminalization	p. 79
Mapping the Territory: Meanings, Methodologies, Means and Ends	p. 123
Case in Point: A Brief History of the Tempe Sidewalk Ordinance	p. 143
The Ecology of Resistance: Human Rights Struggles and the Contested Realms of Public Space	p. 169
Cities of the Future: Localizing the Global, Globalizing the Local	p. 209
References	p. 239
Index	p. 265
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