Where Have All the Homeless Gone?: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis

by Anthony Marcus

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For a decade, from 1983 to 1993, homelessness was a major concern in the United States. In 1994, this public concern suddenly disappeared, without any significant reduction in the number of people without proper housing. By examining the making and unmaking of a homeless crisis, this book explores how public understandings of what constitutes a social crisis are shaped.

Drawing on five years of ethnographic research in New York City with...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1845451015

ISBN13:9781845451011

Release Date:December 2005

Publisher:Berghahn Books

Length:180 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Anthropology Economic Policy Economic Policy & Development Economics Education & Reference Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Poverty Public Policy

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