International Perspectives on Homelessness in Developed NationsISBN: 978-1-4051-8244-7
Paperback
224 pages
November 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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- A collection of original articles including literature reviews, studies comparing homelessness across nations, papers that examine specific issues in relation to homelessness in particular nations, and policy oriented discussions
- Eight different developed nations are in some substantial way considered in one or more of the 11 papers
- After the US, these nations include the 5 most populous among the world’s fully developed nations (i.e., Japan, Germany, France, the UK, and Italy) as well as a few smaller ones (i.e., Australia, the Czech Republic, and Belgium)
- All papers are by authors and/or based on data from outside of the US
- The papers highlight both similarities and differences in the status of homelessness and research approaches used to understand this social problem in the US and other developed nations