1st Edition

The Homeless Person in Contemporary Society

By Cameron Parsell Copyright 2018
140 Pages
by Routledge

138 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

138 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The homeless person is thought to be different. Whereas we get to determine our difference or sameness, the homeless person’s difference is imposed upon them and assumed to be known because of their homelessness. Exclusion from housing – either a commodity that should be accessed from the market or social provision – signifies the homeless person’s incapacities and failure to function in what are... Read more

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Homeless Person; Chapter 2: Conceptualising Identities, Human Agency, and Choice; Chapter 3: Identities and Being Homeles; Chapter 4: Choices; Chapter 5: The Service System and The Homeless Person; Conclusion; Index

Biography

Cameron Parsell  is a Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia.