Transitions Through Homelessness

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction

   • Carol McNaughton

   Pages 1-2

3. In the Absence of Home: Understanding Homelessness

   • Carol McNaughton

   Pages 3-32

4. Emotional and Material Landscapes of Life

   • Carol McNaughton

   Pages 33-54

5. Becoming a Homeless Person

   • Carol McNaughton

   Pages 55-86

6. Being a Homeless Person

   • Carol McNaughton

   Pages 87-109

7. Homelessness, Social Welfare and ‘Targeted Populations’

   • Carol McNaughton

   Pages 110-138

8. Homelessness, Identity and Social Networks

   • Carol McNaughton

   Pages 139-167

9. Conclusion: Lives on the Edge

   • Carol McNaughton

   Pages 168-184

10. Back Matter

    Pages 185-197

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Following a group of people as they make the transition from homeless to 'housed' , this book presents a new perspective on homelessness, the individual factors associated with it such as addiction, mental illness and traumatic life histories, and how welfare and poverty interact with these conditions.

• addiction
• emotion
• Homelessness
• identity
• poverty
• development aid

• University of York, UK

  Carol McNaughton

CAROL MCNAUGHTON is currently an ESRC Research Fellow at the Centre for Housing Policy, University of York, UK. She has extensive experience of researching transgression, transitions and the institutional role of social policy.

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