Homelessness in the United States
Volume I: State Surveys
Series: Contributions in Sociology
Edited by Jamshid A. Momeni
Foreword by Bruce Wiegand
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"Chapters in this work describe and analyze homelessness in 15 states, from all geographic regions of the US. The diversity of survey locations reveals a variety of forces contributing to homelessness. There are frequent efforts to situate the problem within the sociopolitical context of the 1980s. An occasional chapter contains rich theoretical commentary. . . . the scope of the findings is compelling and the contradiction of stereotypes is effective." Choice "This volume reads and holds together well even though each of the 14 chapters was written by a different individual or group, covers a different section of the country, uses different types of data sources and analytical methods, and evidences differing perspectives. An excellent foreword and introduction (Bruce Wiegand, Howard M. Bahr) put everything in context . . ." Library Journal
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This volume (1 of 2 projected) reads and holds together well even though each of the 14 chapters was written by a different individual or group, covers a different section of the country, uses different types of data sources and analytical methods, and evidences differing perspectives. All essays focus on definition by quality and quantity of the contemporary homeless in the United States; all offer suggested palliatives. An excellent foreword and introduction (Bruce Weigand, Howard M. Bahr) put everything in context: the overriding necessity for the continued use of a careful social science methodology to gain understanding of the causes and magnitude of this complex national and local, social and individual, political and economic problem. Highly recommended to academics, professionals, and interested laypersons.
—Library Journal
Endorsement From Howard M. Bahr
This book represents a noteworthy advance over most of the existing literature on homelessness. In the area of inquiry marked by a multitude of local studies and innumerable bureaucractic reports, a field of study in which systematic attention to the regional or national context is notably lacking, Professor Momeni aims to correlate, to integrate, via state-by-state assessment of contemporary homelessness.
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