Street People and the Contested Realms of Public Space
| Author/creator | Amster, Randall Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC |
| Description | 246 p. ill 08.500 x 05.500 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Criminal Justice Recent Scholarship |
| 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. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2004015556 |
| ISBN | 9781593320669 |
| ISBN | 1593320663 (Library Binding) Active Record |
| Stock number | 00651250 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |