Title: The homelessness industry : a critique of US social policy /
Authors: Beck, Elizabeth; Twiss, Pamela
Year: 2018
Subjects: Homelessness United States History.; Homelessness Government policy United States; Homeless persons Services for United States.; Homeless persons Services for; Homelessness; Homelessness Government policy; Social policy; United States Social policy.; United States
Contents: The making of the homelessness industry -- Homelessness today and its historical roots -- Competing values: neoliberalism and social justice -- From social problem to psychiatry -- Early federal policy and the fight for McKinney -- Implementation in a hostile context:the first two years of the McKinney Act -- Services, not justice -- From managing to ending homelessness -- The present continuing quest for justice.