Originally published in 1986 and written by two leading authorities on the subject, this book tackles the problems of housing, homelessness, and women in the family, from a feminist perspective. It explores how housing helps to reproduce women's role within the family, both today and historically.
Originally published in 1986 and written by two leading authorities on the subject, this book tackles the problems of housing, homelessness, and women in the family, from a feminist perspective. It explores how housing helps to reproduce women's role within the family, both today and historically.
Sophie Watson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University known for her research on urban sociology and cities, particularly on public space, street markets, cultural difference, social/spatial justice and inequality, and cultures of water. Her recent publications include: City Water Matters: Cultures, Practices and Entanglements of Urban Water (2019). Spatial Justice in the City (Ed.) Routledge (2019); The New Blackwell Companion to the City (with Gary Bridge). She has played a significant role in influencing urban and social policy, in particular, in London and Sydney.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface and Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Part 1 1. Introduction 2. Definitions of Homelessness 3. Homeless Women - An Historical Perspective: From Industrialization to the Second World War 4. Homeless Women - An Historical Perspective: From the Second World War Until the Early 1980s 5. The Family and Housing: The Marginalization of Single Households Part 2 6. Experiences and Definitions of Homelessness - the Women's Viewpoint 7. Women's Housing and Homelessness: A Focus on the Family 8. Homeless Women and the Labour Market 9. Where to Now? Housing Preferences and Strategies 10. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
Preface and Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Part 1 1. Introduction 2. Definitions of Homelessness 3. Homeless Women - An Historical Perspective: From Industrialization to the Second World War 4. Homeless Women - An Historical Perspective: From the Second World War Until the Early 1980s 5. The Family and Housing: The Marginalization of Single Households Part 2 6. Experiences and Definitions of Homelessness - the Women's Viewpoint 7. Women's Housing and Homelessness: A Focus on the Family 8. Homeless Women and the Labour Market 9. Where to Now? Housing Preferences and Strategies 10. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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