The importance of moving toward a national policy to end homelessness
is crucial. In this striking examination of the roles that homeless
people and the U.S. government play in causing and curtailing the
escalating phenomena of homelessness, Edna Molina-Jackson asserts that
there is a great need to alter the socio-economic structures that
generate extreme and entrenched forms of poverty that lead to
homelessness. Homeless Not Hopeless explores the role social networks
play in the daily survival of homeless Latino and African American
men. Using a qualitative research design, author Molina-Jackson
observes how these men initiate, participate in, and maintain social
networks and how these networks function. The findings support a more
empowering view of homeless men as active, rational, and competent
actors engaged in negotiating their social world. Members rely on
social networks composed of a hierarchy of casual and intimate
affiliations. The networks of Americanized Latinos and African
Americans facilitate their integration into a subculture of street
life, while those of recent-immigrant Latinos revolve around their
struggles to find work, avoid deportation, and enlist the support of
paisanos.
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ISBN
9780761841678
Publisert
2012
Utgiver
Vendor
UPA
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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