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Down and out in Los Angeles and Berlin : the sociospatial exclusion of homeless people / Jürgen von Mahs.
Author
Von Mahs, Jürgen, 1967-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2013.
Description
xvi, 191 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Available Online
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HV4506.L67 V66 2013
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Homelessness
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California
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Los Angeles
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Homelessness
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Germany
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Berlin
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Homelessness
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Government policy
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California
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Los Angeles
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Homelessness
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Government policy
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Germany
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Berlin
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Homeless persons
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Summary note
"Los Angeles, California, and Berlin, Germany, have been dubbed "homeless capitals" for having the largest homeless populations of their respective countries. In Down and Out in Los Angeles and Berlin, Jürgen von Mahs provides an illuminating comparative analysis of the impact of social welfare policy on homelessness in these cities. He addresses the opportunity of people to overcome--or "exit"--Homelessness and shows how Berlin, with its considerable social and economic investment for assisting its homeless has been as unsuccessful as Los Angeles. Drawing on fascinating ethnographic insights, von Mahs shows how homeless people in both cities face sociospatial exclusion-legal displacement for criminal activities, poor shelters in impoverished neighborhoods, as well as market barriers that restrict reintegration. Providing a necessary wake-up call, Down and Out in Los Angeles and Berlin addresses the critical public policy issues that can produce effective services to improve homeless people's chances for a lasting exit."--Publisher's website.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-182) and index.
Contents
Different Welfare Regimes, Similar Outcomes? The Impact of Public Policy on Homeless People's Exit Chances in Berlin and Los Angeles
Homeless Spaces, Homeless Lives: Using Ethnography to Assess Homeless People's Life courses and Exit Chances in Berlin --Not Allowed: Legal Exclusion, Human Rights, and Global Capital
Not Wanted: Containment, Warehousing, and Service Exclusion
Not Needed: Market Exclusion, Exit Strategies, and the Specter of Neoliberalism
Sociospatial Exclusion of Homeless People: Comparative Perspective.
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ISBN
9781439908266 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
1439908265 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9781439908280 ((e-book))
1439908281 ((e-book))
LCCN
2012025890
OCLC
798133481
Other standard number
40022115209
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