Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1990 · 178 citations · 0 references
Public HealthSocial PolicySociologyHomelessnessPolitical SociologySocial HistoryCauses Of HomelessnessHomelessness PreventionPathways Into HomelessnessRisk Factors For HomelessnessHomelessness HistoryHuman RelationsLack Of Social SupportPathways Out Of Homelessness
Describes the nature of homelessness, its multiple causes, and its demographic, economic, sociological, and social policy antecedents. Finding the origins of the problem to be social and political rather than economic, Wright (human relations, Tulane) outlines remedies based on existing and modified