Street people and the contested realms of public space /
Annotation Amster studies the social and spatial implications of homelessness in America. Increasingly, commentators have lamented the erosion of public space, charting its decline along with the rise of commercialization and privatization. A result is the criminalization of homelessness, a phenomen...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
LFB Scholarly Pub.,
2004.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 159332104X 9781593321048 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Annotation Amster studies the social and spatial implications of homelessness in America. Increasingly, commentators have lamented the erosion of public space, charting its decline along with the rise of commercialization and privatization. A result is the criminalization of homelessness, a phenomenon revealed here through participant observations, informal conversations, and in-depth interviews with street people, city officials, and social service providers. Amster explores the interconnections among: (i) the impetus of development and gentrification; (ii) the enactment of anti-homeless ordinances and regulations; (iii) the material and ideological erosion of public space; (iv) emerging forces of resistance to these trends; and (v) the continuing viability of anti-systemic movements. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Series: | Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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