Title: Beside the golden door
First published: 1998
Description: Written for the general public as well as for specialists, this volume details some of the numerous dimensions of the homelessness issue: the rise in poverty; the decline of low-income housing: problems in counting the homeless; the role of familial estrangement; mental illness; substance abuse; and health status and behaviors. The authors conclude with discussions of rural versus urban homelessness, street children in Latin America, and homelessness in postindustrial societies.
Subjects: Politics and government, Government policy, Homelessness, Public opinion, Low-income housing, Mental health policy, Economic policy, Housing policy, Sozialpolitik, Obdachlosigkeit, Poor, housing, Public opinion, united states, United states, economic policy, United states, politics and government
Places: United states
LC classification: HV4505 .W76 1998