Homeless in Paradise

A Map of the Terrain

Robert Rosenthal author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Temple University Press,U.S.

Published:30th Dec '93

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Homeless in Paradise cover

Paradise is Santa Barbara, California, where in the early 1980s the beautiful, affluent city faced the problem of what to do with the 'street people'. Explaining the author's work with the Homeless People's Project in Santa Barbara, this title portrays agents attempting to preserve networks and obtain resources essential for managing homelessness.Steps toward understanding "street people" in Santa Barbara--and everywhere

"Homeless in Paradise combines participant-observation data, interviews, and analysis of structural data to produce one of the best books I have read on homelessness."
-Elliot Liebow

"Rosenthal has put a human face on the problem of homelessness. He gives us the opportunity to get to know homeless people as individuals not just stick figures or stereotypes. Homeless in Paradise traces the political, social, and economic forces that produce this destitution and suffering. Yet, as importantly, it directs us toward humane public policies at all levels of government."
-Peter Dreier

"In Homeless in Paradise, Rob Rosenthal gives us a powerful and disturbing picture of how society's structural conditions are played out in the lives of homeless individuals. This fascinating and provocative book is carefully researched and theoretically grounded, and it is unique in its rich portrayal of homelessness from the perspective of homeless persons themselves. This book is essential reading for anyone who studies homeless or any other 'problem populations.'"
-Marjorie Robertson, Ph.D., Alcohol Research Group, California Pacific

ISBN: 9781566391306

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277 pages