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Women and homelessness in Europe : pathways, services and experiences

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  1. Women and homelessness in Europe : pathways, services and experiences / edited by Bill Edgar and Joe Doherty.
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  1. Bristol : Policy Press, 2001.

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Additional authors
  1. Edgar, Bill (William McLenachen), 1947-
  2. Doherty, Joe, 1944-
  3. FEANTSA (Organization)
  4. Joint Centre for Scottish Housing Research.
Description
  1. xiii, 279 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "Women have been neglected and marginalised in much contemporary, European housing policy and practice. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the development of policies on homelessness. This book examines the gender-specific factors leading to homelessness and the ability of women to access appropriate services for rehousing and social integration." "The report draws on the national reports of the correspondents of the European Observatory on Homelessness of FEANISA. This unique volume provides for the first time a picture of the nature and causes of homelessness among women across the European member states. Its findings will stimulate further research and encourage transnational cooperation in the development of appropriate policies and support services." "Women and homelessness is essential reading for policy makers, service providers, social workers, researchers and students of housing and housing policy."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  1. Homeless women > Europe
  2. Homelessness > Europe
  3. Homeless women
  4. Homelessness
  5. Frau
  6. Obdachlosigkeit
  7. Aufsatzsammlung
  8. Europe
  9. Europa
Contents
  1. Foreword / John Evans -- FEANTSA and the European Observatory on Homelessness -- Pt. 1. The contextual chapters. 1. Introduction / Bill Edgar and Joe Doherty. 2. Gendering homelessness / Joe Doherty. 3. Women, the housing market and homelessness / Bill Edgar -- Pt. 2. Homelessness trends and services in Europe. 4. Women and homelessness in Portugal / Alfredo Bruto da Costa and Isabel Baptista. 5. Homeless women in Spain / Pedro Jose Cabrera. 6. Women, the welfare state and homelessness in the Republic of Ireland / Eoin O'Sullivan and Mary Higgins. 7. Women and homelessness in the United Kingdom / Robert Aldridge. 8. Poverty, housing problems and homelessness among women in Belgium / Pascal De Decker. 9. Women, homelessness and the welfare state in Denmark / Anders Munk, Inger Koch-Nielsen and Mette Raun. 10. Poverty, social exclusion and homelessness among women in Austria / Klaudia Novak and Heinz Schoibl. 11. Homeless women in France / Amy Mina-Coull and Stephane Tartinville. 12. Access to housing for women in Greece / Aristides Sapounakis and Vasiliki Gamagari. 13. Just looking for a home: immigrant women in Italy / Antonio Tosi. 14. Homelessness and ethnicity in the Netherlands / Henk de Feijter. 15. Substance abuse problems and women's homelessness in Finland / Sirkka-Liisa Karkkainen. 16. Homeless women in Luxembourg: what do they expect of services? / Monique Pels. 17. Women, exclusion and homelessness in Germany / Uta Enders-Dragasser. 18. (In-)visibility and shame: the stigma of being a woman and homeless in Sweden / Catharina Thorn. 19. Conclusions / Bill Edgar and Joe Doherty
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references ( p. 241-269) and index.