WomenAEs Homelessness in Europe

This book marks a critical contribution in assessing and extending the evidence base on the causes and consequences of womenÆs homelessness. Drawing together work from EuropeÆs leading homelessness scholars, it presents a multidisciplinary and comparative analysis of this acute social problem, including its relationship with domestic violence, lone parenthood, motherhood, health and well-being and womenÆs experience of sustained and recurrent homelessness. Working from diverse perspectives, the authors look at the responses to womenÆs homelessness in differing cultures and regions, and within various forms of welfare states. They focus in particular on relating the gender dimensions of welfare and social policy to womenÆs experiences when they become homeless. This innovative and timely edited volume will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, social policy, anthropology, and gender and womenÆs studies, along with international policy-makers.

• | Author: Paula Mayock, Joanne Bretherton
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Feb 17, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 319 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1137545151
• | ISBN-13: 9781137545152