Somerville, Peter (1992) Homelessness and the meaning of home: rooflessness or rootlessness. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 16 (4). pp. 529-539. ISSN 0305-5736

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Abstract

This paper has several objectives. These are: (1) to analyse the meaning of homelessness in the light of recent contributions on the meaning of home: (2) to criticize some current perspectives on homelessness as a social problem; (3) to identify and explore a number of different dimensions of the meaning of home and homelessness; (4) to reassess the evidence on the context of home and homelessness, and re-examine the meaning of homelessness in the light of that reassessed evidence; and (5) to explain the political meaning of homelessness as expressed in official definitions, legislation and state provision (or lack of it).

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This paper has several objectives. These are: (1) to analyse the meaning of homelessness in the light of recent contributions on the meaning of home: (2) to criticize some current perspectives on homelessness as a social problem; (3) to identify and explore a number of different dimensions of the meaning of home and homelessness; (4) to reassess the evidence on the context of home and homelessness, and re-examine the meaning of homelessness in the light of that reassessed evidence; and (5) to explain the political meaning of homelessness as expressed in official definitions, legislation and state provision (or lack of it).
Keywords:	Homelessness
Subjects:	L Social studies > L410 UK Social Policy L Social studies > L400 Social Policy
Divisions:	College of Social Sciences > Faculty of Health & Social Sciences > School of Social & Political Sciences
Depositing User:	Alison Wilson
Date Deposited:	02 Aug 2010 14:33
Last Modified:	13 Mar 2013 08:44
URI:	http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/3141

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