Housing and homelessness Books

Book SynopsisAn important new volume showcasing a wide range of faith-based responses to one of today's most pressing social issues, challenging us to expand our ways of understanding. Land of Stark Contrasts brings together the work of social scientists, ethicists, and theologians exploring the profound role of religion in understanding and responding to homelessness and housing insecurity in all corners of the United Statesfrom Seattle, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley to Dallas and San Antonio to Washington, D.C., and Boston. Together, the essays of Land of Stark Contrasts chart intriguing ways forward for future initiatives to address the root causes of homelessness. In this way they are essential reading for practical theologians, congregational leaders, and faith-based nonprofit organizers exploring how to combine spiritual and material care for homeless individuals and other vulnerable populations. Social workers, nonprofit managers, and policy specialists seeking to understand how to parTable of ContentsIntroduction Manuel Mejido Costoya | 1 Part I: Public Religion and Community Revitalization Talking About Homelessness: Shifting Discourses and the Appeal to Religion in America’s Seventh-Largest City James V. Spickard | 49 Becoming More Effective Community Problem Solvers: Faith-Based Organizations, Civic Capacity, and the Homelessness Crisis in Puget Sound Manuel Mejido Costoya and Margaret Breen | 72 Disenfranchising the Unhoused: Urban Redevelopment, the Criminalization of Homelessness, and the Peril of Prosperity Theology in Dallas and Beyond Michael R. Fisher Jr. | 117 Religious Responses to Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area: Addressing White Supremacy and Racism Laura Stivers | 140 Homelessness and Health in Seattle: Challenges and Opportunities of Faith-Based Services Lauren Valk Lawson | 162 Part II: Religious Worldviews and the Common Good Reimagined Homelessness and Coast Salish Spiritual Traditions: Cultural Resources for Programmatic Responses in British Columbia Bruce Granville Miller | 193 In These United States, Homelessness Is Who You Are: Examining a Socially Constructed Category through the Lens of an Interfaith Encounter in Downtown Boston Nancy A. Khalil | 214 Religion and Civic Activism Reconsidered: Situating Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness John A. Coleman, S.J. | 226 On the Passionality of Exile in Medieval Kabbalah: An Invitation to Historicize Contemporary Religious and Public Discourses on Homelessness Jeremy Phillip Brown | 250 Part III: Theological Insights for Homeless Ministries Wounds of Love: Spiritual Care and Homelessness in the Streets of Seattle Paul Houston Blankenship | 277 Making Spirits Whole: Homeless Ministries as a Tool for Integral Development María Teresa Dávila | 297 “And I Saw Googleville Descend from Heaven”: Reading the New Jerusalem in Gentrified Latinx Communities of Silicon Valley Roberto Mata | 316 Offensive Wisdom: Homeless Neighbors, Bible Interpretation, and the Abode of God in Washington, D.C. Sathianathan Clarke | 331 Acknowledgments | 351 List of Contributors | 353 Index | 357

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Book SynopsisAn important new volume showcasing a wide range of faith-based responses to one of today's most pressing social issues, challenging us to expand our ways of understanding. Land of Stark Contrasts brings together the work of social scientists, ethicists, and theologians exploring the profound role of religion in understanding and responding to homelessness and housing insecurity in all corners of the United Statesfrom Seattle, San Francisco, and Silicon Valley to Dallas and San Antonio to Washington, D.C., and Boston. Together, the essays of Land of Stark Contrasts chart intriguing ways forward for future initiatives to address the root causes of homelessness. In this way they are essential reading for practical theologians, congregational leaders, and faith-based nonprofit organizers exploring how to combine spiritual and material care for homeless individuals and other vulnerable populations. Social workers, nonprofit managers, and policy specialists seeking to understand how to parTable of ContentsIntroduction Manuel Mejido Costoya | 1 Part I: Public Religion and Community Revitalization Talking About Homelessness: Shifting Discourses and the Appeal to Religion in America’s Seventh-Largest City James V. Spickard | 49 Becoming More Effective Community Problem Solvers: Faith-Based Organizations, Civic Capacity, and the Homelessness Crisis in Puget Sound Manuel Mejido Costoya and Margaret Breen | 72 Disenfranchising the Unhoused: Urban Redevelopment, the Criminalization of Homelessness, and the Peril of Prosperity Theology in Dallas and Beyond Michael R. Fisher Jr. | 117 Religious Responses to Homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area: Addressing White Supremacy and Racism Laura Stivers | 140 Homelessness and Health in Seattle: Challenges and Opportunities of Faith-Based Services Lauren Valk Lawson | 162 Part II: Religious Worldviews and the Common Good Reimagined Homelessness and Coast Salish Spiritual Traditions: Cultural Resources for Programmatic Responses in British Columbia Bruce Granville Miller | 193 In These United States, Homelessness Is Who You Are: Examining a Socially Constructed Category through the Lens of an Interfaith Encounter in Downtown Boston Nancy A. Khalil | 214 Religion and Civic Activism Reconsidered: Situating Faith-Based Responses to Homelessness John A. Coleman, S.J. | 226 On the Passionality of Exile in Medieval Kabbalah: An Invitation to Historicize Contemporary Religious and Public Discourses on Homelessness Jeremy Phillip Brown | 250 Part III: Theological Insights for Homeless Ministries Wounds of Love: Spiritual Care and Homelessness in the Streets of Seattle Paul Houston Blankenship | 277 Making Spirits Whole: Homeless Ministries as a Tool for Integral Development María Teresa Dávila | 297 “And I Saw Googleville Descend from Heaven”: Reading the New Jerusalem in Gentrified Latinx Communities of Silicon Valley Roberto Mata | 316 Offensive Wisdom: Homeless Neighbors, Bible Interpretation, and the Abode of God in Washington, D.C. Sathianathan Clarke | 331 Acknowledgments | 351 List of Contributors | 353 Index | 357

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Book SynopsisThroughout history, those arrested for vagrancy have generally been poor men and women, often young, able-bodied, unemployed, and homeless. Most histories of vagrancy have focused on the European and American experiences.Trade Review“This impressive collection of essays on vagrancy, homelessness, and poverty has truly global historical dimensions. It covers seven centuries and five continents, has a superb introductory overview, and is comparative social history at its best. It deserves to have a wide readership.”“This book will serve as an index of the multivalent nature of current work in social history, literature, and postcolonial studies in vagrancy and homelessness. At the very least, the book provides an indispensible classroom textbook on poverty and vagrancy from a historical perspective.” * Enterprise & Society *

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Book SynopsisIn this, the first book-length study of the cultural and political geography of squatting in Berlin, Alexander Vasudevan links the everyday practices of squatters in the city to wider and enduring questions about the relationship between space, culture, and protest. Focuses on the everyday and makeshift practices of squatters in their attempt to exist beyond dominant power relations and redefine what it means to live in the city Offers a fresh critical perspective that builds on recent debates about the right to the city and the role of grassroots activism in the making of alternative urbanisms Examines the implications of urban squatting for how we think, research and inhabit the city as a site of radical social transformation Challenges existing scholarship on the New Left in Germany by developing a critical geographical reading of the anti-authoritarian revolt and the complex geographies of connection and solidarity that emerged in itTable of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii List of Figures ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction: Making Radical Urban Politics 1 2 Crisis and Critique 27 3 Resistance and Autonomy 53 4 Antagonism and Repair 86 5 Separation and Renewal 133 6 Capture and Experimentation 164 7 Conclusion: “Der Kampf geht weiter” 196 References 209 Index 231

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Book SynopsisIn this, the first book-length study of the cultural and political geography of squatting in Berlin, Alexander Vasudevan links the everyday practices of squatters in the city to wider and enduring questions about the relationship between space, culture, and protest.Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface viii List of Figures ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Introduction: Making Radical Urban Politics 1 2 Crisis and Critique 27 3 Resistance and Autonomy 53 4 Antagonism and Repair 86 5 Separation and Renewal 133 6 Capture and Experimentation 164 7 Conclusion: “Der Kampf geht weiter” 196 References 209 Index 231

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Book SynopsisUtilizing innovative ethnographic research, Swept Up Lives? challenges conventional accounts of urban homelessness to trace the complex and varied attempts to care for homeless people Presents innovative ethnographic research which suggests an important shift in perspective in the analysis and understanding of urban homelessness Emphasizes the ethical and emotional geographies of care embodied and performed within homeless services spaces Suggests that different homelessness scenes' develop in different places due to varied historical, political, and cultural responses to the problems faced Trade Review“Overall, this book makes a substantial contribution to research on urban homelessness. It provides a glimpse into a network of emotions relationships, and service provision that is underacknowledged in urban geography.” (The Canadian Geographer, 4 September 2014) "Swept up Lives? lives up toexpectations and delivers a well argued and insightful analysis that progresses established paradigmatic ways of understanding homelessness in the Western world." (UGRG Book Review Series, 19 December 2011) "I cannot praise this book highly enough or hope to do justice to it in a short review. It is a considerable and possibly unprecedented achievement . . . I would recommend that this book be read by everyone who has anything to do with homelessness, and by every policy work, every politician, and every academic analyst of the policy process." (The Geographical Journal, 2011) "A compelling narrative, moving from 'the street' to structure and back again, to argue that more attention needs to be paid to the neoliberalist welfare state. The authors highlight examples of hope and caring, providing a critical but optimistic view of what can be done by individuals, institutions, and governing bodies. A must read for researchers and students interested in understanding not only homelessness, but also the complexities of governance.’ —Lois M. Takahashi, University of California, Los Angeles ‘Challenging theories of urban revanchism that deny homeless people agency and neglect the complexities of today’s welfare state, Swept Up Lives provides a sharp conceptual corrective and rich portrayal of geographies of homelessness in Britain. Detailed ethnographies and institutional analysis offer a window on homeless subjectivities and voluntary organizations as spaces of caring and active citizenship. I highly recommend this book.’ —Jennifer Wolch, University of California, Berkeley ‘A well crafted, insightful and timely book that overturns existing orthodoxies, exploring the experience of homelessness in the UK and providing a thought-provoking portrayal of the human face of homelessness.’ —Christine Milligan, Lancaster UniversityTable of ContentsFigures and Tables vi Series Editors' Preface vii Acknowledgements viii Abbreviations x 1 Introduction: Re-envisioning the Homeless City 1 2 From Neoliberalization to Postsecularism 22 3 Tactics and Performativities in the Homeless City 61 4 'He's Not Homeless, He Shouldn't Have Any Food': Outdoor Relief in a Postsecular Age 92 5 'It's Like You Can Almost Be Normal Again': Refuge and Resource in Britain's Day Centres 117 6 'It's Been a Tough Night, Huh?' Hopelessness (and Hope) in Britain's Homeless Hostels 147 7 Big City Blues: Uneven Geographies of Provision in the Homeless City 181 8 On the Margins of the Homeless City: Caring for Homeless People in Rural Areas 211 9 Conclusions 241 References 255 Index 274

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Book SynopsisThe housing bomb is ticking, and our choice is clear-change our approach or feel the blast.Trade ReviewThe Housing Bomb: Why Our Addiction to Houses Is Destroying the Environment and Threatening Our Society explores common fallacies in thinking about housing and offers many alternatives, and is a pick for any social issues collection, especially those strong in urban research. Midwest Book Review The Housing Bomb is an eloquent expose of the social and environmental ills associated with western housing trends. -- Martin Brueckner Pacific Conservation Biology Any reader with an interest in economics, sustainable business, and ecology will find this book well worth reading and debating. -- Rick Docksai World Future SocietyTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Household Dynamics and Their Contribution to the Housing Bomb2. How Home Ownership Both Emancipates and Enslaves Us3. "Housaholism" in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem4. Household Dynamics and Giant Panda Conservation5. Defusing the Housing Bomb with Your House6. Individual and Local Strategies for Defusing the Housing Bomb7. Large-Scale Strategies for Defusing the Housing BombConclusionNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAn international account of homelessness, comparing Berlin and Los Angeles and the possibility of exiting homelessness in each cityTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Commonly Used Abbreviations 1 Different Welfare Regimes, Similar Outcomes? The Impact of Public Policy on Homeless People's Exit Chances in Berlin and Los Angeles 2 Homeless Spaces, Homeless Lives: Using Ethnography to Assess Homeless People's Life Courses and Exit Chances in Berlin 3 Not Allowed: Legal Exclusion, Human Rights, and Global Capital 4 Not Wanted: Containment, Warehousing, and Service Exclusion 5 Not Needed: Market Exclusion, Exit Strategies, and the Specter of Neoliberalism 6 Sociospatial Exclusion of Homeless People: Comparative Perspective Postscript Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Respondents in Berlin Appendix 2: Key Informants Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisLos Angeles, California, and Berlin, Germany, have been dubbed homeless capitals for having the largest homeless populations of their respective countries. In Down and Out in Los Angeles and Berlin, Jurgen von Mahs provides an illuminating comparative analysis of the impact of social welfare policy on homelessness in these cities. He addresses the opportunity of people to overcome-or exit-homelessness and shows why Berlin, despite its considerable social and economic investment for assisting its homeless, has been almost as unsuccessful as Los Angeles. Drawing on fascinating ethnographic insights, von Mahs shows how homeless people in both cities face sociospatial exclusion-legal displacement for criminal activities, poor shelters in impoverished neighborhoods, as well as market barriers that restrict reintegration. Providing a necessary wake-up call, Down and Out in Los Angeles and Berlin addresses the critical public policy issues that can produce effective services to improve homeleTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Commonly Used Abbreviations 1 Different Welfare Regimes, Similar Outcomes? The Impact of Public Policy on Homeless People's Exit Chances in Berlin and Los Angeles 2 Homeless Spaces, Homeless Lives: Using Ethnography to Assess Homeless People's Life Courses and Exit Chances in Berlin 3 Not Allowed: Legal Exclusion, Human Rights, and Global Capital 4 Not Wanted: Containment, Warehousing, and Service Exclusion 5 Not Needed: Market Exclusion, Exit Strategies, and the Specter of Neoliberalism 6 Sociospatial Exclusion of Homeless People: Comparative Perspective Postscript Appendix 1: Biographical Sketches of Respondents in Berlin Appendix 2: Key Informants Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisHow San Francisco's housing protest movements help us understand global mobilizationTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1 Situating San Francisco 2 Constructing San Francisco’s Growth Control and Housing Rights Movements 3 A Framework for the Analysis of Urban Movements 4 Dot-com Boom and Struggles in the Mission 5 The Public-Private Partnership: The Case of Mission Bay 6 Urban Movements and the Question of Urban Governance 7 Local and Global Implications of San Francisco NotesReferencesIndex

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Book Synopsis In The War on Slums in the Southwest, Robert Fairbanks provides compelling and probing case studies of economic problems and public housing plights in Albuquerque, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and San Antonio. He provides brief histories of each city--all of which expanded dynamically between 1935 and 1965--and how they responded to slums under the Housing Acts of 1937, 1949, and 1954. Despite being a region where conservative politics has ruled, these Southwestern cities often handled population growth, urban planning, and economic development in ways that closely followed the national account of efforts to eliminate slums and provide public housing for the needy. The War on Slums in the Southwest therefore corrects some misconceptions about the role of slum clearance and public housing in this region as Fairbanks integrates urban policy into the larger understanding of federal and state-based housing policies. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Cities in the Southwest or Southwestern Cities? 2 The Public Housing Movement in the Southwest: Cities Battle the Slums before 1937 3 Southwestern Cities, Slum Clearance, and the First Permanent Public Housing Program 4 From World War II to the Housing Act of 1949: A Moratorium on Slum Clearance and Public Housing for Low-Income Citizens 5 The Solution Becomes a Problem: The Decline of the Public Housing Movement after the Housing Act of 1949 6 From Urban Redevelopment to Urban Renewal in the Southwest Epilogue: Our War on Poverty, Not Yours on Slums Appendix A: Social Scientists and the Changing Discourse on Slums and Poverty: A Brief Note Appendix B: Public Housing Built in San Antonio, Houston, Phoenix, and Dallas, 1935–1965 Appendix C: Occupation of Initial Tenants of Cuney Homes Public Housing in Houston Appendix D: Total Number of Public Housing Units Built by Selected Cities by 1967 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe Housing and Economic Experiences of Immigrants in U.S. and Canadian Cities is a collection of essays examining how recent immigrants have fared in getting access to jobs and housing in urban centres across the continent.Trade Review'This compilation is an example of how comparative research can further advance our knowledge and understanding of structural inequality in place making.' -- Regina Serpa Housing Studies vol 31:02:2016 'This book is an excellent resource to learn about past and current understandings of the processes through which immigrants integrate into the housing markets and economies of the cities in the US and Canada.' -- Craig E. Jones Canadian Journal of Urban Research vol 24:01:2015Table of ContentsPreface (Audrey Kobayashi) Introduction 1. The Housing and Economic Experiences of Immigrants in Canada and the United States (Wei Li and Carlos Teixeira) Part One: The Housing Experiences of Immigrants Introduction to Part One: The Housing Experiences of Immigrants (Carlos Teixeira) 2. Home Ownership among Immigrants in Canada and the United States: Similarities and Differences (Joe T. Darden) 3. Cohort Progress toward Household Formation and Homeownership: A Comparison of Immigrant Racialized Minority Groups in Canada and the United States (Michael Haan and Zhou Yu) 4. How Are Sri Lankan Tamils Doing in Toronto's Housing Markets? A Comparative Study of the Refugee Claimants and the Family Class Migrants (Sutama Ghosh) 5. A Two-Sided Question: The Negative and Positive Impacts of Gentrification on Portuguese Residents in West-Central Toronto (Robert A. Murdie and Carlos Teixeira) 6. The Good, the Bad and the Suburban: Tracing North American Theoretical Debates about Ethnic Enclaves, Ethnic Suburbs & Housing Preference (Virpal Kataure and Margaret Walton-Roberts) 7. Housing Experiences and Trajectories among Ethnoburban Chinese in Los Angeles: Achieving Chinese Immigrants' American Dream (Wan Yu) Part Two: The Economic Experiences of Immigrants Introduction to Part Two: Economic Experiences of Immigrants in Canada and the United States (John Miron) 8. The Colour of Money Redux: Immigrant/Ethnic Earnings Disparity in Canada 1991-2006 (Krishna Pendakur and Ravi Pendakur) 9. Immigrant Underemployment in the US Urban Labor Markets (Tetiana Lysenko and Qingfang Wang) 10. The Latino Commercial Landscape and Evolving Hispanic Immigrant Population in Two Midwestern Metropolitan Areas (Alex Oberle) 11. Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the Washington Metropolitan Area: Opportunities and Challenges Facing Ethnic Minorities (Elizabeth Chacko and Marie Price) 12. Financing Immigrant Small Businesses in the US and Canada (Wei Li and Lucia Lo) Conclusion 13. Immigrant Experiences and Integration Trajectories in North American Cities: An Overview and Commentary on Themes and Concepts (John W. Frazier)

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Book SynopsisThis important book explores the impact of different forms of policy and practice on the lives of vulnerable people, arguing for a flexible policy approach that places people in control of their own lives and creates housing options that effectively improve the well-being of those who live in them.Trade Review"Accommodating Difference is a much-needed addition to the evolving and unsettled discussion of supportive housing. This book is a critical and thoughtful read of policy and practice, which through its examples helps us to see how supportive housing can increase subjective well-being and maintain dignity." Janet Smith, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA“David Clapham’s work shines a light on a relatively under-researched housing topic. The need to understand different ways of seeing the world is crucial if we are to provide good quality supported housing for vulnerable people and to embrace and accommodate difference.” Jo Richardson, Professor of Housing and Social Research, De Montfort University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction; Models of supported housing; Difference and well-being; Homes; Neighbourhoods; Housing and support in Britain and Sweden; Supported housing for older people; Supported housing for homeless people; Supported housing for disabled people; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisThis important book explores the impact of different forms of policy and practice on the lives of vulnerable people, arguing for a flexible policy approach that places people in control of their own lives and creates housing options that effectively improve the well-being of those who live in them.Trade Review"Accommodating Difference is a much-needed addition to the evolving and unsettled discussion of supportive housing. This book is a critical and thoughtful read of policy and practice, which through its examples helps us to see how supportive housing can increase subjective well-being and maintain dignity." Janet Smith, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA“David Clapham’s work shines a light on a relatively under-researched housing topic. The need to understand different ways of seeing the world is crucial if we are to provide good quality supported housing for vulnerable people and to embrace and accommodate difference.” Jo Richardson, Professor of Housing and Social Research, De Montfort University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction; Models of supported housing; Difference and well-being; Homes; Neighbourhoods; Housing and support in Britain and Sweden; Supported housing for older people; Supported housing for homeless people; Supported housing for disabled people; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisIn this much-needed text, current housing finance issues (and their history) are linked with broader social policy and political themes. It covers the finance of building and refurbishment, managing and maintaining property for all the different tenures and discusses whether current arrangements are sustainable.Trade Review"A much needed up-to-date resource for housing students." Victoria Hiscocks, Cardiff Metropolitan University"This book is well-written, well-structred and easy to engage with as a result." Dr Stuart Cameron, The Univeristy of Bolton."Finance for Housing... is a mine of useful information and argument that will be of interest to anyone wanting to know more about the housing system, and so is highly recommended" - Red Brick blog"a clear guide to understanding the continuing crisis in the UK housing sector and the Coalition's policies in particular...highly recommended" Dexter Whitfield, The Spokesman issue 123"Frequently provocative and is likely to challenge many of its intended readership’s views...an accessible and thought provoking account of finance for housing policies." People, Place and Policy“This timely book underlines why housing has moved from the periphery to the centre of social policy debates. I hope that it will be read by policy-makers and activists as well as students and academics.” Ruth Lister, Emeritus Professor Loughborough University, and member of the House of Lords"The test of a civilised society is that everyone should have access to a decent home. In the post-war years a huge house building programme for local authorities was set up and this met a real need. Today we need a similar programme which would create jobs and help us to escape from the agony of austerity." Tony Benn, former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister"An informative book about housing policy in the UK." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.Table of ContentsPart One: Overview; Political choices and housing finance; The global financial crisis and the UK government’s role; Part Two: Tenure; Local authority general housing services and building work; Owner-occupation; The changing fortunes of council housing; Housing associations; The private rented sector; Part Three: Issues with housing costs; ‘Marginal’ owner occupation; A variety of rents; Paying for housing with help from housing benefits; Part Four: Discussion; Is our housing system sustainable?.

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Book SynopsisIn this much-needed text, current housing finance issues (and their history) are linked with broader social policy and political themes. It covers the finance of building and refurbishment, managing and maintaining property for all the different tenures and discusses whether current arrangements are sustainable.Trade Review"A much needed up-to-date resource for housing students." Victoria Hiscocks, Cardiff Metropolitan University"This book is well-written, well-structred and easy to engage with as a result." Dr Stuart Cameron, The Univeristy of Bolton."Finance for Housing... is a mine of useful information and argument that will be of interest to anyone wanting to know more about the housing system, and so is highly recommended" - Red Brick blog"a clear guide to understanding the continuing crisis in the UK housing sector and the Coalition's policies in particular...highly recommended" Dexter Whitfield, The Spokesman issue 123"Frequently provocative and is likely to challenge many of its intended readership’s views...an accessible and thought provoking account of finance for housing policies." People, Place and Policy“This timely book underlines why housing has moved from the periphery to the centre of social policy debates. I hope that it will be read by policy-makers and activists as well as students and academics.” Ruth Lister, Emeritus Professor Loughborough University, and member of the House of Lords"The test of a civilised society is that everyone should have access to a decent home. In the post-war years a huge house building programme for local authorities was set up and this met a real need. Today we need a similar programme which would create jobs and help us to escape from the agony of austerity." Tony Benn, former Labour MP and Cabinet Minister"An informative book about housing policy in the UK." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment.Table of ContentsPart One: Overview; Political choices and housing finance; The global financial crisis and the UK government’s role; Part Two: Tenure; Local authority general housing services and building work; Owner-occupation; The changing fortunes of council housing; Housing associations; The private rented sector; Part Three: Issues with housing costs; ‘Marginal’ owner occupation; A variety of rents; Paying for housing with help from housing benefits; Part Four: Discussion; Is our housing system sustainable?.

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Book SynopsisExpert contributors provide contemporary comparative accounts of housing renewal policy and practice in nine European countries. Shared concerns over energy conservation, social protection and inclusion, and the roles and responsibilities of public and private sectors, form the basis of a proposed policy agenda for housing renewal across Europe.Trade Review"The strength of the book is...the indisputable value as a handbook on housing renewal that surely will be widely used and cited." Journal of Housing and the Built Environment"Renewing Europe's Housing, edited by Richard Turckington and Christopher Watson, re-opens a crucial debate on housing policies and practices in the face of a new housing crisis that characterizes many European countries in different ways." Council for European Studies"This text is invaluable to anyone interested in European housing or housing renewal generally." People, Place and Policy"This new account of the challenges presented by an ageing housing stock and policy responses across Europe fills a significant gap. It is essential reading for those concerned with the future of housing." Alan Murie, Emeritus Professor of Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham“An excellent overview of housing renewal policies across nine European countries, offering a deeper understanding of the barriers to the implementation of more effective and integrated urban renewal policies in different cultures.” Martin Lux, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic"Because of an ageing population and housing stock, housing renewal remains an important challenge in European housing policy. Renewing Europe’s Housing elaborates the way housing renewal is understood and has developed during the last decade in nine widespread European countries. A valuable asset for housing researchers." Prof.Dr. Peter Boelhouwer, Delft University of TechnologyTable of ContentsIntroduction ~ Christopher Watson and Richard Turkington; From physical improvement to holistic renewal: the Danish experience ~ Hedvig Vestergaard; Housing renewal in England ~ Christopher Watson and Richard Turkington; Making new from old in France: urban change through housing renewal in two Parisian districts ~ Claire Lévy-Vroelant and Yankel Fijalkow; Housing and urban renewal in the Netherlands ~ Frank Wassenberg; Estonia: learning through ‘societal experiment’ ~ Katrin Paadam and Liis Ojamäe; Housing and urban renewal: the case of Germany ~ Jürgen Friedrichs, Rolf Müller and Wendelin Strubelt; Housing renewal in Hungary: from socialist non-renovation through individual market actions to area-based public intervention ~ Iván Tosics; From isolated programmes to an integrated approach: the case of La Barceloneta, Spain ~ Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Montse Simó-Solsona; From squatter upgrading to large scale renewal programmes: housing renewal in Turkey ~ Zeynep Gunay, T Kerem Koramaz and A Sule Ozuekren; Changing approaches to policy making in housing renewal ~ Tim Brown and Richard Turkington; Conclusions ~ Richard Turkington and Christopher Watson.

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Book SynopsisThis important book reveals a number of truths about women's rough sleeping across Europe and argues for the adoption of effective policy, strategies and services to meet the needs of homeless women, specifically women rough sleepers who are the victims of domestic abuse.Trade Review"The book is an excellent overview of the multiple issues faced by women rough sleepers in Europe, and the barriers faced by homeless women and service providers in seeking appropriate, gender-sensitive solutions." Social Policy & Administration"This compelling review of women's homelessness in Europe provides fresh insights into an enduring problem. The book reveals the challenges homeless women face in a world where liberalist housing market principles prevail." Angela Maye-Banbury, Sheffield Hallam UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Towards a New Theory of Women’s Homelessness: Social Dysfunction Theory; A European Perspective on Women’s Rough Sleeping; Analysing and Understanding the Problem of Women’s Rough Sleeping: The Women Rough Sleepers Stories; Analysing and Understanding the Problem of Women’s Rough Sleeping: The Service Providers Stories; Explaining Women’s Rough Sleeping; Challenges and Recommendations; Appendix A: Research instruments used in the study.

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Book SynopsisPoverty Propaganda debunks many popular myths and misconceptions about poverty and its prevalence, causes and consequences. In particular, it highlights the role of poverty propaganda' in sustaining class divides in perpetuating poverty and disadvantage in contemporary Britain.Trade Review"An essential guide to poverty in 21st Century Britain. Poverty Propaganda examines how the truth about poverty, its causes and consequences, continue to be hidden behind headlines, stories and images of the feckless undeserving poor." Imogen Tyler, University of Lancaster"Exposes the falsehood of stigmatising through treating people as 'undeserving' at a time when a privileged minority is receiving a lot of 'something for nothing'." Guy Standing, SOAS University of London"Sets out to debunk many of the myths around poverty and benefits in the UK....reveals the extent of ‘poverty propaganda’ and the ideological function this plays in defending successive cuts to social security support. A timely and important book from one of the leading thinkers on poverty in the UK." Ruth Patrick, University of Liverpool“This book makes a significant contribution to making poverty visible, both as an experience for the many people the author has interviewed, and as a theoretical and political problem… With its particular emphasis on experience and empirical evidence, it offers students in particular a useful account of the interests, concerns and debates which have generated poverty propaganda in the UK.” Community Development Journal"This book is a timely opportunity to review our current understandings of poverty and what it means for us as a profession and as radicals..." Critical and Radical Social WorkTable of ContentsIntroduction; Poverty propaganda; Lived realities; Labour markets and ‘poor work’; Class and social immobility; Discrimination, stigma and shame; Poverty propaganda and the (re)production of poverty and privilege; Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisAs housing moves up the UK political agenda, Brian Lund uses insights from public choice theory, the new institutionalism and social constructionism to explore the political processes involved in constructing and implementing housing policy and its political consequences.Trade Review"A valuable addition to literature on the development of housing policy in the UK ,incorporating rich insights from political debates that have shaped policy." Alan Murie, university of Birmingham"A well-written, insightful and timely book, highlighting the politics involved in shaping the supply and distribution of housing in the United Kingdom." Peter Somerville, University of LincolnTable of ContentsPreface; Housing and politics; Land politics; Urban renewal: Fencing the cities; Private landlords: ‘Rachman’ or ‘residential property owner’?; A property-owning democracy?; Eclipsing council housing; ‘Bending the ‘third arm’: Politicians and housing associations; Homelessness politics; Devolution: Where's the difference?; Conclusion: What next?.

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Book SynopsisAs housing moves up the UK political agenda, Brian Lund uses insights from public choice theory, the new institutionalism and social constructionism to explore the political processes involved in constructing and implementing housing policy and its political consequences.Trade Review"A valuable addition to literature on the development of housing policy in the UK ,incorporating rich insights from political debates that have shaped policy." Alan Murie, university of Birmingham"A well-written, insightful and timely book, highlighting the politics involved in shaping the supply and distribution of housing in the United Kingdom." Peter Somerville, University of LincolnTable of ContentsPreface; Housing and politics; Land politics; Urban renewal: Fencing the cities; Private landlords: ‘Rachman’ or ‘residential property owner’?; A property-owning democracy?; Eclipsing council housing; ‘Bending the ‘third arm’: Politicians and housing associations; Homelessness politics; Devolution: Where's the difference?; Conclusion: What next?.

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Book SynopsisFocusing on principles and theory and their application in the process of constructing housing policy, with boxed examples and case studies throughout, this fully revised 3rd edition addresses the range of socio-economic factors that have influenced UK housing policy in recent years.Trade Review"...this is a refreshing and different contribution to the literature. It clearly will prove of considerable value as an introductory text book and it maybe more accessible to undergraduates than the other books available are." Housing Studies Association Newsletter, Issue 1, 2007"Understanding Housing Policy is an insightful exploration of contemporary housing problems and an excellent introduction to the subject." Social Policy, Vol. 36 (4) - 2007"It should be on the bookshelf of anyone, novice or veteran, interested in UK housing policy, and will be essential for undergraduate and graduate students specialising in the area." Joe Finnerty, University of Cork, Housing Studies journal (review of 2nd ed)"An excellent historical and theoretical review of housing policy: thoughtful, well informed, critical and up to date." Chris Paris, Professor of Housing Studies, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland“An excellent update that puts current housing policy into an historical context. This will be very helpful to my students.” Alan Winter, Associate Professor of Housing, London South Bank UniversityTable of ContentsUnderstanding Housing Policy; Housing policy: continuity and change; Governing housing; Comparative housing policy; Need, demand and supply; ‘Affordable’ housing; Homelessness; Decent and sustainable homes; Neighbourhood deprivation; Housing and social justice; Conclusion: Let’s be builders.

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Book SynopsisIn The Right to Buy, Alan Murie provides an authoritative account of the origins, development and impact of the policy across the UK and proposals for its extension in England (and decisions to end it in Scotland and Wales).Trade Review"In the context of fast-moving change, [this] book provides a welcome and objective policy analysis." LSE Review of Books"Alan Murie is the UK expert on the Right to Buy. He provides an in-depth and accessible assessment of the policy, its past, present and future, informed not least by his work in this area over the last 35 years." Peter Williams, University of Cambridge"Students and policy makers alike will enjoy this concise and research based review of one of the most widely discussed housing policies of the past 50 years from the leading author on the topic." David Mullins, University of Birmingham“Professor Alan Murie’s latest book on the right to buy has the hallmarks of someone who has been studying the subject for a long time and knows it to a very fine level of detail, but who is still able to offer new insights and perspectives.” People, Place and PolicyTable of ContentsIntroduction; Selling public housing: Precursors and preconditions; The Right to Buy 1980-2015; Right to Buy: Statistics and impact; A policy commentary; The next phase: Extending the right to buy in England; Conclusions: The right to buy and beyond.

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Book SynopsisReconceiving the current housing crisis in England as a `wicked' problem, this book situates the crisis in a broader range of socio-economic issues and calls for a change in how housing is produced and consumed.Trade Review“At last, a book that changes the terms of the great housing debate and challenges the received political wisdom of the main political parties.” Peter Hetherington, The Guardian.“This forceful, informed and accessible book makes the housing crisis everyone’s problem. The UK’s dysfunctional relationship with housing has seeped into the pores of all areas of society and until the pervasive nature of this crisis is grasped, there will be no plausible escape.” Brett Christophers, Uppsala UniversityTable of Contents1. The housing crisis 2. A wicked problem 3. Housing's economic context 4. Local pathways to crisis 5. Whose housing crisis? 6. An exit strategy

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Book SynopsisReconceiving the current housing crisis in England as a wicked' problem, this book situates the crisis in a broader range of socio-economic issues and calls for a change in how housing is produced and consumed.Trade Review“At last, a book that changes the terms of the great housing debate and challenges the received political wisdom of the main political parties.” Peter Hetherington, The Guardian.“This forceful, informed and accessible book makes the housing crisis everyone’s problem. The UK’s dysfunctional relationship with housing has seeped into the pores of all areas of society and until the pervasive nature of this crisis is grasped, there will be no plausible escape.” Brett Christophers, Uppsala UniversityTable of Contents1. The housing crisis 2. A wicked problem 3. Housing's economic context 4. Local pathways to crisis 5. Whose housing crisis? 6. An exit strategy

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Book SynopsisFew aspects of austerity politics have been as divisive as the `Bedroom Tax'. This book provides a vivid and authoritative assessment of the impact of social housing reform on tenants and society, using personal stories from one estate to explore its connections to issues including housing precarity, poverty and damage to social networks.Trade Review“Focussing on the so called 'bedroom tax' this book aptly exposes the particularly cruel turn in recent policies directed towards those with the least. The book shows very clearly how grossly damaging, unnecessary and unfair policies can be completely misrepresented as necessary, just and fair.” Tracy Shildrick, Newcastle UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: the repositioning of social housing and welfare provision Life without state-supported housing Living in a state of insecurity Social housing insecurity as policy and ideology Divisive social policy: the competition for physical and symbolic resources Community and belonging Housing precarity and advanced marginality in the UK

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Book SynopsisAvailable Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. Bringing to light the most contemporary research, policy and practice, this book presents stark evidence from Irish experience to argue that we need to urgently reimagine the root causes of homelessness and provides a robust evidence base to reimagine how we respond to homelessness.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Rediscovering Homelessness; Responding to Homelessness; Reacting to Homelessness; Reimagining Homelessness; Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisHearne contextualises the Irish housing crisis within its broader global context and examines its origins in terms of the extension of neoliberalism, marketisation and financialisation in housing. Using real voices and stories, he shows how the crisis is having profound impacts on equality, wellbeing and health.Table of ContentsForeword: Special Rapporteur for Housing ~ Leilani Farhi; Introduction: a new housing crisis; Generation Rent; Homelessness: the most extreme inequality; The normalisation of homelessness; Working for social justice: community, activism and academia; The neoliberal roots of the current crisis; The new waves of financialisation: vultures and REITs; Inequality and financialisation; The lost decade of social and affordable housing: austerity and marketisation; The people push back: protests for affordable homes for all; The right to an affordable, secure and decent home for all; A Green New Deal for Housing: affordable sustainable homes and communities for all.

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Book SynopsisHearne contextualises the Irish housing crisis within its broader global context and examines its origins in terms of the extension of neoliberalism, marketisation and financialisation in housing. Using real voices and stories, he shows how the crisis is having profound impacts on equality, wellbeing and health.Table of ContentsForeword: Special Rapporteur for Housing ~ Leilani Farhi; Introduction: a new housing crisis; Generation Rent; Homelessness: the most extreme inequality; The normalisation of homelessness; Working for social justice: community, activism and academia; The neoliberal roots of the current crisis; The new waves of financialisation: vultures and REITs; Inequality and financialisation; The lost decade of social and affordable housing: austerity and marketisation; The people push back: protests for affordable homes for all; The right to an affordable, secure and decent home for all; A Green New Deal for Housing: affordable sustainable homes and communities for all.

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Book SynopsisThis edited collection analyses recent changes in the private rental housing market, using case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA, and assesses the initial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.Table of Contents1. New Trajectories in Private Rental Housing - Peter A. Kemp 2. Growth and Change: Private Renting in Australia in the 21st Century - Kath Hulse 3. Rental Housing Dynamics and Their Affordability Impact in the United States - Alex Schwartz 4. The Irish Rental Sector and the Post-homeownership Society: Issues and Challenges - Michael Byrne 5. Private Renting in England: Growth, Change and Contestation - Tony Crook and Peter A. Kemp 6. Private Renting in the Netherlands: Set to Grow? - Marietta E.A. Haffner 7. Suppressive Regulation and Lower Political Esteem: Private Renting in Germany at the Beginning of Decline - Stefan Kofner 8. Private Renting in Denmark: Foreign Investors in the Crosshairs - Kath Scanlon 9. Norway: Booming Housing Market and Increasing Small-scale Landlordism - Mary Ann Stamsø 10. Private Rented Markets in Spain and Housing Affordability - Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway and Teresa Sánchez-Martínez 11. The Short Run Impact of Covid-19 on the Private Rented Sector - Tony Crook 12. Change and Continuity in Private Rental Housing - Peter A. Kemp

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Book SynopsisIn For a Liberatory Politics of Home, Michele Lancione questions accepted understandings of home and homelessness to offer a radical proposition: homelessness cannot be solved without dismantling current understandings of home. Conventionally, home is framed as a place of security and belonging, while its loss defines what it means to be homeless. On the basis of this binary, a whole industry of policy interventions, knowledge production, and organizing fails to provide solutions to homelessness but perpetuates violent and precarious forms of inhabitation. Drawing on his research and activism around housing in Europe, Lancione attends to the interlocking crises of home and homelessness by recentering the political charge of precarious dwelling. It is there, if often in unannounced ways, that a profound struggle for a differential kind of homing signals multiple possibilities to transcend the violences of home/homelessness. In advancing a new approach to work with the politics ofTrade Review“Michele Lancione has given us a tremendous gift with this pathbreaking and brilliant book. His arguments will be of immense meaning for social movements concerned with housing justice, many of which are grappling with regimes of property and the affective politics of home. The study of housing and homelessness will not be the same.” -- Ananya Roy, author of * Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Making of Development *“By mobilizing a new methodological, conceptual, and political grammar in which home and homelessness are not opposite but coherent expressions of a wider function of patriarchal and racialized processes of expulsions and extractions, this book offers a whole new perspective to imagine housing futures toward housing justice in which ‘housing precarity’ is not only a site for deprivation and relegation or a ‘problem to be fixed’ but can also perform a new politics of inhabitation.” -- Raquel Rolnik, author of * Urban Warfare: Housing under the Empire of Finance *Table of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction. The Problem of Lessness 1 Part I 1. The Subject at Home 25 2. Expulsion and Extraction 43 Part II 3. Italian Ritornellos 69 4. A Local Violence 99 5. A Global Culture 131 Part III 6. The Micropolitics of Housing Precarity 173 7. Deinstitute, Reinstitute, Institute 195 Conclusion. Beyond Inhabitation 223 Notes 233 Bibliography 257 Index 279

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Book SynopsisA journey into the experiences of incarcerated women in rural areas, revealing how location can reinforce gendered violenceIncarceration is all too often depicted as an urban problem, a male problem, a problem that disproportionately affects people of color. This book, however, takes readers to the heart of the struggles of the outlaw women of the rural West, considering how poverty and gendered violence overlap to keep women literally and figuratively imprisoned. Outlaw Women examines the forces that shape women's experiences of incarceration and release from prison in the remote, predominantly white communities that many Americans still think of as the Western frontier. Drawing on dozens of interviews with women in the state of Wyoming who were incarcerated or on parole, the authors provide an in-depth examination of women's perceptions of their lives before, during, and after imprisonment. Considering cultural mores specific to the rural West, the authors identify the forces that coTrade ReviewA unique, readable, lengthy study of female incarceration in the Wyoming women's prison, one of 67 state women's prisons in the US. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisCan American cities respond effectively to pressing social problems? Or, as many scholars have claimed, are urban politics so mired in stasis, gridlock and bureaucratic paralysis that dramatic policy change is impossible? Homelessness in New York City tells the remarkable story of how America's largest city has struggled for more than thirty years to meet the crisis of modern homelessness through the landmark development, since the initiation of the Callahan v Carey litigation in 1979, of a municipal shelter system based on a court-enforced right to shelter. New York City now shelters more than 50,000 otherwise homeless people at an annual cost of more than $1 billion in the largest and most complex shelter system in the world. Establishing the right to shelter was a dramatic break with long established practice. Developing and managing the shelter system required the city to repeatedly overcome daunting challenges, from dealing with mentally ill street dwellers to confronting communTrade Review"A must-read . . . a ray of hope as we consider the current political climate." * Journal of Urban Affairs *"An invaluable resource to scholars studying contemporary homelessness and urban policy. Main provides an in-depth narrative of important moments of policymaking, showing the significant cumulative impact of seemingly minute events." * Gotham Center *"A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the challenges of homeless policy in urban America." * Choice *"Mains account of key developments in homelessness policy in New York City is meticulously researched, highly detailed, and worthy of praise. The book makes extensive and effective use of interviews that the author conducted with a wide range of policy actors past and present . . .a compelling history of what has been done to date and how we got where we are." * European Journal of Homelessness *"[Main's] attention to detail and balanced judgment makes this a valuable history of social-policy research." * City Journal *"Historians of public policy and urban politics in particular will appreciate this glimpse into the inner workings of how experts, activists, and public officials attempted to address the problem of homelessness in the nations largest city. This book will also be useful in undergraduate and graduate courses on policy history, urban history, and recent U.S. history." * Journal of American History *"Thomas J. Main...delivers a comprehensive history of New York's ongoing efforts to address [the problem of homelessness]...A detailed, carefully nuanced, and balanced account that brings the issue's convoluted history to life in a way that elucidates the city's ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to solve this seemingly insoluble problem." * Political Science Quarterly *"Clear, well-written, and well-researched. If you are going to debate homelessness in New York, this is the neoconservative analysis with which you should argue." -- Joel Blau,Stony Brook University"Government has wrestled with homelessness for decades, especially in New York. Thomas Main's book is the definitive account of that struggle. It is deeply researched, fluently written, and absolutely absorbing. It is also even-handed. Main questions the nostrums for social problems peddled by left and right, but he also rejects the view that government must inevitably fail. Rather, progress is possibleif we persevere. There are answersbut not easy ones. As Max Weber said, politics is 'the strong and slow boring of hard boards.'" -- Lawrence M. Mead,author of The New Politics of Poverty"Professor Main narrates a fascinating history of one of New York Citys greatest social struggles of the last third of a century. It is compelling reading, filled with battles fought and lessons learned in moving a government and a society to a better place." -- Robert Hayes,Founder, National and New York Coalitions for the Homeless and MacArthur Foundation Fellow"This finely crafted study invites us to explore a double paradox: first, that policies addressing homelessness in New York City are legally and morally necessary, but politically and substantively difficult to impossible; and second, that relatively conservative mayoral administrations developed the nations largest and best funded set of programs for weak, vulnerable, and marginal populations. It is a probing investigation of vexing policy challenges." -- John Mollenkopf,Distinguished Professor, City University of New York"Thomas Main has produced a well documented and comprehensive analysis of five mayors' efforts over more than thirty years to respond to the growing challenge of urban homelessness. Readers interested in issues of big cities and the policy process that drives politicians actions will learn much from this book." -- Charles Brecher,New York University"Homelessness in New York City is one of the big stories of the last several decades as inequality returns to the U.S. Lots of people know the story, but usually only small pieces of it. Some people know the legal battles, and others know the funding streams; some scholars follow the aggregate numbers and others study particular interventions; many writers have told stories of individual trials and triumphs, and homeless people, too, have their own important versions of what happened to them. But we have all been handicapped because we could not understand fully how our pieces fit together into a larger picture; the context has always been a little foggy. No longer. Main has given us a definitive history of modern homelessness in New York City. This is the book you should start with to understand how we got where we are." -- Brendan O'Flaherty,Columbia University"An accessible and diligently researched account, drawing on a wide range of . . . sources and interviews with key politicians, public officials, homeless advocates, service providers and researchers." -- Tom Baker * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *

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Book SynopsisSurviving Poverty carefully examines the experiences of people living below the poverty level, looking in particular at the tension between social isolation and social ties among the poor. Joan Maya Mazelis draws on in-depth interviews with poor people in Philadelphia to explore how they survive and the benefits they gain by being connected to one another. Half of the study participants are members of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, a distinctive organization that brings poor people together in the struggle to survive. The mutually supportive relationships the members create, which last for years, even decades, contrast dramatically with the experiences of participants without such affiliation. In interviews, participants discuss their struggles and hardships, and their responses highlight the importance of cultivating relationships among people living in poverty. Surviving Poverty documents the ways in which social ties become beneficial and sustainable, allowing members to shareTrade Review"Surviving Poverty eschews easy generalizations about how poor women manage their circumstances. In a richly detailed study, it paints a complex picture in which people differ widely in their attitudes about mobility and about getting help from others and in their use of social networks to manage the difficulties of poverty. Rejecting a narrative that blames the victim, Mazelis depicts people who exercise agency in their lives and whose complex attitudes about social support networks resist easy explanation. A must-read study for anyone concerned with policies that take into account the role of networks in how people manage poverty." -- Mario Luis Small,author of Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life"A compelling narrative of a remarkable poor people's movement that builds sustainable ties that are vital to survival while providing an antidote to crippling self-blame. This book is jam-packed with essential insights for anyone--scholars, students, practitioners, advocates--who cares about America's poor." -- Kathryn J. Edin,co-author of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America"The book provides a compelling account of how KWRU members lives would likely have been worse without KWRU and that much of what KWRU provided was these sustainable ties." * American Journal of Sociology *"Mazelis presents a well-written, deeply contextualized account of 50 individuals experiencing financial hardships and the decision-making practices that impact their daily struggles." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisSurviving Poverty carefully examines the experiences of people living below the poverty level, looking in particular at the tension between social isolation and social ties among the poor. Joan Maya Mazelis draws on in-depth interviews with poor people in Philadelphia to explore how they survive and the benefits they gain by being connected to one another. Half of the study participants are members of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, a distinctive organization that brings poor people together in the struggle to survive. The mutually supportive relationships the members create, which last for years, even decades, contrast dramatically with the experiences of participants without such affiliation. In interviews, participants discuss their struggles and hardships, and their responses highlight the importance of cultivating relationships among people living in poverty. Surviving Poverty documents the ways in which social ties become beneficial and sustainable, allowing members to shareTrade ReviewSurviving Poverty eschews easy generalizations about how poor women manage their circumstances. In a richly detailed study, it paints a complex picture in which people differ widely in their attitudes about mobility and about getting help from others and in their use of social networks to manage the difficulties of poverty. Rejecting a narrative that blames the victim, Mazelis depicts people who exercise agency in their lives and whose complex attitudes about social support networks resist easy explanation. A must-read study for anyone concerned with policies that take into account the role of networks in how people manage poverty. -- Mario Luis Small,author of Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday LifeA compelling narrative of a remarkable poor people's movement that builds sustainable ties that are vital to survival while providing an antidote to crippling self-blame. This book is jam-packed with essential insights for anyone--scholars, students, practitioners, advocates--who cares about America's poor. -- Kathryn J. Edin,co-author of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in AmericaThe book provides a compelling account of how KWRU members lives would likely have been worse without KWRU and that much of what KWRU provided was these sustainable ties. * American Journal of Sociology *Mazelis presents a well-written, deeply contextualized account of 50 individuals experiencing financial hardships and the decision-making practices that impact their daily struggles. * Choice *

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Book SynopsisCan American cities respond effectively to pressing social problems? Or, as many scholars have claimed, are urban politics so mired in stasis, gridlock and bureaucratic paralysis that dramatic policy change is impossible? Homelessness in New York City tells the remarkable story of how America's largest city has struggled for more than thirty years to meet the crisis of modern homelessness through the landmark development, since the initiation of the Callahan v Carey litigation in 1979, of a municipal shelter system based on a court-enforced right to shelter. New York City now shelters more than 50,000 otherwise homeless people at an annual cost of more than $1 billion in the largest and most complex shelter system in the world. Establishing the right to shelter was a dramatic break with long established practice. Developing and managing the shelter system required the city to repeatedly overcome daunting challenges, from dealing with mentally ill street dwellers to confronting communTrade ReviewA must-read . . . a ray of hope as we consider the current political climate. * Journal of Urban Affairs *An invaluable resource to scholars studying contemporary homelessness and urban policy. Main provides an in-depth narrative of important moments of policymaking, showing the significant cumulative impact of seemingly minute events. * Gotham Center *A must-read for anyone seeking to understand the challenges of homeless policy in urban America. * Choice *Mains account of key developments in homelessness policy in New York City is meticulously researched, highly detailed, and worthy of praise. The book makes extensive and effective use of interviews that the author conducted with a wide range of policy actors past and present . . .a compelling history of what has been done to date and how we got where we are. * European Journal of Homelessness *[Main's] attention to detail and balanced judgment makes this a valuable history of social-policy research. * City Journal *Historians of public policy and urban politics in particular will appreciate this glimpse into the inner workings of how experts, activists, and public officials attempted to address the problem of homelessness in the nations largest city. This book will also be useful in undergraduate and graduate courses on policy history, urban history, and recent U.S. history. * Journal of American History *Thomas J. Main...delivers a comprehensive history of New York's ongoing efforts to address [the problem of homelessness]...A detailed, carefully nuanced, and balanced account that brings the issue's convoluted history to life in a way that elucidates the city's ambitious but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to solve this seemingly insoluble problem. * Political Science Quarterly *Clear, well-written, and well-researched. If you are going to debate homelessness in New York, this is the neoconservative analysis with which you should argue. -- Joel Blau,Stony Brook UniversityGovernment has wrestled with homelessness for decades, especially in New York. Thomas Main's book is the definitive account of that struggle. It is deeply researched, fluently written, and absolutely absorbing. It is also even-handed. Main questions the nostrums for social problems peddled by left and right, but he also rejects the view that government must inevitably fail. Rather, progress is possibleif we persevere. There are answersbut not easy ones. As Max Weber said, politics is 'the strong and slow boring of hard boards.' -- Lawrence M. Mead,author of The New Politics of PovertyProfessor Main narrates a fascinating history of one of New York Citys greatest social struggles of the last third of a century. It is compelling reading, filled with battles fought and lessons learned in moving a government and a society to a better place. -- Robert Hayes,Founder, National and New York Coalitions for the Homeless and MacArthur Foundation FellowThis finely crafted study invites us to explore a double paradox: first, that policies addressing homelessness in New York City are legally and morally necessary, but politically and substantively difficult to impossible; and second, that relatively conservative mayoral administrations developed the nations largest and best funded set of programs for weak, vulnerable, and marginal populations. It is a probing investigation of vexing policy challenges. -- John Mollenkopf,Distinguished Professor, City University of New YorkThomas Main has produced a well documented and comprehensive analysis of five mayors' efforts over more than thirty years to respond to the growing challenge of urban homelessness. Readers interested in issues of big cities and the policy process that drives politicians actions will learn much from this book. -- Charles Brecher,New York UniversityHomelessness in New York City is one of the big stories of the last several decades as inequality returns to the U.S. Lots of people know the story, but usually only small pieces of it. Some people know the legal battles, and others know the funding streams; some scholars follow the aggregate numbers and others study particular interventions; many writers have told stories of individual trials and triumphs, and homeless people, too, have their own important versions of what happened to them. But we have all been handicapped because we could not understand fully how our pieces fit together into a larger picture; the context has always been a little foggy. No longer. Main has given us a definitive history of modern homelessness in New York City. This is the book you should start with to understand how we got where we are. -- Brendan O'Flaherty,Columbia UniversityAn accessible and diligently researched account, drawing on a wide range of . . . sources and interviews with key politicians, public officials, homeless advocates, service providers and researchers. -- Tom Baker * International Journal of Urban and Regional Research *

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Book SynopsisErik Hansson examines Swedish society's reactions to the presence of European Union citizens, mainly Romanian and Bulgarian Roma, begging in the 2010s.Trade Review"This brilliant and intense book is recommended for anyone conducting research on homelessness and urban poverty in general."—Hélène B. Ducros, EuropeNow“Politically urgent, theoretically exciting, and beautifully written, The Begging Question combines razor-sharp materialist and psychoanalytic analysis to offer a radical rethinking of begging and of how to escape the limited political and ethical imaginaries that surround it.”—Felicity Callard, professor of human geography at the University of Glasgow“Artfully exposes the unconscious underpinnings of social democracy in Sweden, showing how it is laced with proclivities to scapegoat the Other. Essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary forms of racism and poverty.”—Ilan Kapoor, professor of critical development studies at York University, Toronto“Erik Hansson innovatively combines theories of psychoanalysis, class dynamics, and racism to explain anxieties in encountering begging and contradictory political responses to the arrival of Roma from the European Union.”—Michael Jones, professor emeritus of geography at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology“A rich and thought-provoking examination of the emergence of racialized poverty and begging in one of Europe’s historically most egalitarian social democracies. Drawing creatively on Marxist and psychoanalytic theory, Erik Hansson opens a vital space to reflect—politically and psychically—on what inequality, nationalism, and the politics of redistribution mean in Sweden today.”—Jesse Proudfoot, assistant professor of sociology at Durham UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Don Mitchell Acknowledgments The Problem: An Introduction Part 1. Anxiety: The Universal in the Particular 1. Searching for Elucidations 2. The Concrete’s Historical Layers 3. Abjection, or Hell Is Othered People 4. Anxiety and Ethics 5. Ideology, or Enjoying the National Thing Part 2. Hegemony: The Particular in the Universal 6. The Swedish Ideology, or Missing Exceptional Equality 7. The Tolerant Stance of Inaction, 2010–2015 8. The Borromean Welfare Knot 9. The Conjuncture, 2015–2019 The Problem: An Epitome Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe One-Way Street of Integration examines two contrasting housing policy approaches to achieving racial justice. Integration initiatives and community development efforts have been for decades contrasting means of achieving racial equity through housing policy. Goetz traces the tensions involved in housing integration and policy to show why he doesn''t see the solution to racial injustice as the government moving poor and nonwhite people out of their communities. The One-Way Street of Integration critiques fair housing integration policies for targeting settlement patterns while ignoring underlying racism and issues of economic and political power. Goetz challenges liberal orthodoxy, determining that the standard efforts toward integration are unlikely to lead to racial equity or racial justice in American cities. In fact, in this pursuit it is the community development movement rather that has the greatest potential for connecting to social change and social jTrade ReviewA courageous work in that Goetz confronts a difficult debate head on. Goetz gives clear guidance about what he believes to be the way forward. * Journal of Planning Education and Research *Should stimulate debate. * Choice *Professor Goetz's sweeping indictment of the well-intentioned effort to advance racial integration deserves thoughtful consideration; it should inspire wide-ranging debate. * The Metropole *Goetz has presented compelling arguments for his position on locating subsidized housing, favoring the community development movement. * Journal of Urban Affairs *Goetz has written an important and timely book. Beyond its substantial contribution to the scholarly literature on American urban policy, infinitely more important is its potential to aid in the ongoing struggle against racial injustice and American white supremacy—something needed now perhaps more than ever. * Shelterforce *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Alternative Approaches to RegionalEquity and Racial Justice 1. The Integration Imperative 2. Affirmatively Furthering Community Development 3. The "Hollow Prospect" of Integration 4. The Three Stations of Fair Housing Spatial Strategy 5. New Issues, Unresolved Questions, and the Widening Debate Conclusion: Everyone Deserves to Live in anOpportunity Neighborhood

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Book SynopsisThe Man in the Dog Park offers the reader a rare window into homeless life.Spurred by a personal relationship with a homeless man who became her co-author, Cathy A. Small takes a compelling look at what it means and what it takes to be homeless. Interviews and encounters with dozens of homeless people lead us into a world that most have never seen. We travel as an intimate observer into the places that many homeless frequent, including a community shelter, a day labor agency, a panhandling corner, a pawn shop, and a HUD housing office.Through these personal stories, we witness the obstacles that homeless people face, and the ingenuity it takes to negotiate life without a home. The Man in the Dog Park points to the ways that our own cultural assumptions and blind spots are complicit in US homelessness and contribute to the degree of suffering that homeless people face. At the same time, Small, Kordosky and Moore show us how our own senTrade ReviewThe strength of this book is that Small takes readers with her on her journey of discovery about homelessness. This book is a wonderful introduction to the study of homelessness. * Choice *Table of Contents1. The Beginning 2. The Road to Homelessness 3. The Stigma of Being Homeless 4. A Sheltered. Homeless Day 5. On the Street 6. Making Money 7. Navigating the Bereaucracy 8. Home at Last 9. Blind and Delusional

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Book SynopsisThe gaping holes in the U.S. and Canadian social safety nets mean that many people live in a state of financial precarity that can instantly become untenable in the face of another big expense, such as a large medical bill or damaged property. Historically, people have turned to their communities, neighbors, families, and loved ones for help in these situations. Today, asking for money on the internet through crowdfunding is among the most popular ways of seeking and donating to charity, and for-profit enterprises have realized that tapping into this instinct for helping is extremely good business. GoFailMe reveals how these sites, most notably GoFundMe, enjoy massive revenue, without providing the help they promise. They fail most of their users while putting them through an emotional rollercoaster and using sneaky tactics to obscure that reality. With unprecedented access to interviews, surveys, and hundreds of thousands of crowdfunding cases across North America, Erik Schneiderhan and Martin Lukk take on pressing questions with critical insight: When do we turn to others for help? Who succeeds and who fails in the digital crowd? Whom do these sites benefit? Ultimately, the failure of GoFundMe and others is emblematic of the inability of the for-profit sector and Big Tech to engineer an end to social inequality. Trade Review"Cancer, emergency, dreams at risk. Through new technologies of crowdfunding, these crises elicit help from friends, family and strangers. While admirable, this extended altruism often disappoints and fails to meet the gaps in a weakening social safety net. Incisive, rigorously original, and accessible, GoFailMe illuminates how a new industry is reshaping social solidarity."—Elisabeth S. Clemens, University of Chicago"Crowdfunding has become an important part of contemporary philanthropy, providing opportunities for ethical expression as well as needed transfers of funds. Like social media, it offers individuals a chance to engage directly in providing help, whether to friends or to strangers, without relying on traditional institutions. In this first major study of digital philanthropy, Schneiderhan and Lukk provide narratives showing what this means for the donors and beneficiaries, and also what reveals about charity in a shifting social context."—Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University"In their compelling, well-documented book, [Schneiderhan and Lukk] examine thousands of crowdsourcing cases across Canada and the U.S. on websites like GoFundMe. Their book shows that sites like these often fail users and are rife with inequities that closely parallel the social problems that plague societies today.... For readers who are contemplating either setting up a crowdsourcing site or donating to one."—Ellen Gilbert, Library JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: A Brief History of the Rise of Digital Crowdfunding Chapter 2: A Well of Sadness Chapter 3: A Very Daunting Task Chapter 4: Queen for A Day? Chapter 5: What to Know Better, Do Better, Help Better

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Book SynopsisSince the 2008 financial crisis, complex capital flows have ravaged everyday communities across the globe. Housing in particular has become increasingly precarious. In response, many movements now contest the long-held promises and established terms of the private ownership of housing. Immigrant activism has played an important, if understudied, role in such struggles over collective consumption. In Dispossession and Dissent, Sophie Gonick examines the intersection of homeownership and immigrant activism through an analysis of Spain's anti-evictions movement, now a hallmark for housing struggles across the globe. Madrid was the crucible for Spain's urban planning and policy, its millennial economic boom (1998–2008), and its more recent mobilizations in response to crisis. During the boom, the city also experienced rapid, unprecedented immigration. Through extensive archival and ethnographic research, Gonick uncovers the city's histories of homeownership and immigration to demonstrate the pivotal role of Andean immigrants within this movement, as the first to contest dispossession from mortgage-related foreclosures and evictions. Consequently, they forged a potent politics of dissent, which drew upon migratory experiences and indigenous traditions of activism to contest foreclosures and evictions.Trade Review"In this beautifully crafted ethnography, Sophie Gonick reveals the dark side of speculative homeownership and the startling vibrancy and camaraderie of immigrant-led urban activism. A wonderful treatise on these turbulent yet hopeful times."—Michael Goldman, author of Imperial Nature"Gonick offers a counter-narrative to familiar accounts that emphasize rising nativism and xenophobia amid segments of the working classes in southern Europe. There are important lessons here for how broad-based progressive alliances can form in the face of collapsing property markets and accumulation by dispossession."—Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago"Dispossession and Dissent is to be commended for combining oral histories and rich analytics to help us understand not only immigrant integration in Spain but also the importance of homeownership writ large.... Dispossession and Dissent enhances our knowledge of housing and its consequences for immigrant integration."—Peter Catron, American Journal of SociologyTable of Contents1. Immigration, Homeownership, and Activism 2. Mortgaged Inclusion 3. Homeownership's Urbanism 4. Citizen Homeowner 5. Debt Sentences 6. Immigrant Capital 7. Waking the Civil Dead 8. Imagining Urban Futures in the Age of Uncertainty

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Book SynopsisSince the 2008 financial crisis, complex capital flows have ravaged everyday communities across the globe. Housing in particular has become increasingly precarious. In response, many movements now contest the long-held promises and established terms of the private ownership of housing. Immigrant activism has played an important, if understudied, role in such struggles over collective consumption. In Dispossession and Dissent, Sophie Gonick examines the intersection of homeownership and immigrant activism through an analysis of Spain's anti-evictions movement, now a hallmark for housing struggles across the globe. Madrid was the crucible for Spain's urban planning and policy, its millennial economic boom (1998–2008), and its more recent mobilizations in response to crisis. During the boom, the city also experienced rapid, unprecedented immigration. Through extensive archival and ethnographic research, Gonick uncovers the city's histories of homeownership and immigration to demonstrate the pivotal role of Andean immigrants within this movement, as the first to contest dispossession from mortgage-related foreclosures and evictions. Consequently, they forged a potent politics of dissent, which drew upon migratory experiences and indigenous traditions of activism to contest foreclosures and evictions.Trade Review"In this beautifully crafted ethnography, Sophie Gonick reveals the dark side of speculative homeownership and the startling vibrancy and camaraderie of immigrant-led urban activism. A wonderful treatise on these turbulent yet hopeful times."—Michael Goldman, author of Imperial Nature"Gonick offers a counter-narrative to familiar accounts that emphasize rising nativism and xenophobia amid segments of the working classes in southern Europe. There are important lessons here for how broad-based progressive alliances can form in the face of collapsing property markets and accumulation by dispossession."—Nik Theodore, University of Illinois at Chicago"Dispossession and Dissent is to be commended for combining oral histories and rich analytics to help us understand not only immigrant integration in Spain but also the importance of homeownership writ large.... Dispossession and Dissent enhances our knowledge of housing and its consequences for immigrant integration."—Peter Catron, American Journal of SociologyTable of Contents1. Immigration, Homeownership, and Activism 2. Mortgaged Inclusion 3. Homeownership's Urbanism 4. Citizen Homeowner 5. Debt Sentences 6. Immigrant Capital 7. Waking the Civil Dead 8. Imagining Urban Futures in the Age of Uncertainty

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Book SynopsisThe gaping holes in the U.S. and Canadian social safety nets mean that many people live in a state of financial precarity that can instantly become untenable in the face of another big expense, such as a large medical bill or damaged property. Historically, people have turned to their communities, neighbors, families, and loved ones for help in these situations. Today, asking for money on the internet through crowdfunding is among the most popular ways of seeking and donating to charity, and for-profit enterprises have realized that tapping into this instinct for helping is extremely good business. GoFailMe reveals how these sites, most notably GoFundMe, enjoy massive revenue, without providing the help they promise. They fail most of their users while putting them through an emotional rollercoaster and using sneaky tactics to obscure that reality. With unprecedented access to interviews, surveys, and hundreds of thousands of crowdfunding cases across North America, Erik Schneiderhan and Martin Lukk take on pressing questions with critical insight: When do we turn to others for help? Who succeeds and who fails in the digital crowd? Whom do these sites benefit? Ultimately, the failure of GoFundMe and others is emblematic of the inability of the for-profit sector and Big Tech to engineer an end to social inequality. Trade Review"Cancer, emergency, dreams at risk. Through new technologies of crowdfunding, these crises elicit help from friends, family and strangers. While admirable, this extended altruism often disappoints and fails to meet the gaps in a weakening social safety net. Incisive, rigorously original, and accessible, GoFailMe illuminates how a new industry is reshaping social solidarity."—Elisabeth S. Clemens, University of Chicago"Crowdfunding has become an important part of contemporary philanthropy, providing opportunities for ethical expression as well as needed transfers of funds. Like social media, it offers individuals a chance to engage directly in providing help, whether to friends or to strangers, without relying on traditional institutions. In this first major study of digital philanthropy, Schneiderhan and Lukk provide narratives showing what this means for the donors and beneficiaries, and also what reveals about charity in a shifting social context."—Craig Calhoun, Arizona State University"In their compelling, well-documented book, [Schneiderhan and Lukk] examine thousands of crowdsourcing cases across Canada and the U.S. on websites like GoFundMe. Their book shows that sites like these often fail users and are rife with inequities that closely parallel the social problems that plague societies today.... For readers who are contemplating either setting up a crowdsourcing site or donating to one."—Ellen Gilbert, Library JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: A Brief History of the Rise of Digital Crowdfunding Chapter 2: A Well of Sadness Chapter 3: A Very Daunting Task Chapter 4: Queen for A Day? Chapter 5: What to Know Better, Do Better, Help Better

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Book SynopsisWide-ranging essays and experimental prose forcefully demonstrate how digital media and computational technologies have redefined what it is to be human Over the past decade, digital media has expanded exponentially, becoming an essential part of daily life. The stimulating essays and experimental compositions in The User Unconscious delve into the ways digital media and computational technologies fundamentally affect our sense of self and the world we live in, from both human and other-than-human perspectives.Critical theorist Patricia Ticineto Clough’s provocative essays center around the motif of the “user unconscious” to advance the challenging thesis that that we are both human and other-than-human: we now live, think, and dream within multiple layers of computational networks that are constantly present, radically transforming subjectivity, sociality, and unconscious processes.Drawing together rising strains of philosophy, critical theory, and media studies, as well as the political, social, and economic transformations that are shaping the twenty-first-century world, The User Unconscious points toward emergent crises and potentialities in both human subjectivity and sociality. Moving from affect to data, Clough forces us to see that digital media and computational technologies are not merely controlling us—they have already altered what it means to be human.Trade Review"The essays collected in The User Unconscious, each in its own way and together, are groundbreaking in that they brilliantly pose problems of affect, media, and measure as questions of memory, embodiment, and subjectivation in the datalogical era. Drawing on the best in critical theory, philosophy, and media studies, Patricia Ticineto Clough shows us how to intervene more effectively in the present configuration of digital media and computational technologies in the afterward of neoliberalism and biopolitics."—Amit S. Rai, Queen Mary, University of London"Weaving together the analytical and the lyrical threads of her collective work, Patricia Ticineto Clough takes us to the originary technicity of an unconscious that starts experimenting with the nonhuman modalities of affect, media, and datalogics. These critical and poetic writings about the auto-affective reconfigurations of information governance are a compelling excursus into the political sensibilities for thinking technology today."—Luciana Parisi, Goldsmiths University of London"This is a gorgeous collection of essays and poems from one of our finest thinkers of technology, affect, and biopolitics. Patricia Ticineto Clough pushes thought to new edges, always coercing the bounds between what can be known, not-known, and un-known."—Jasbir Puar, author of The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability"If the most important part of a text on affect is the capacities it opens up for humans, then Clough is more than successful. By integrating personal narrative and poetry, she made this book more digestible and more human, which is ultimately the point."—Hyperrhiz"The User Unconscious is extremely efficient in making syntheses, tweaks, and combinations of theories in the field."—AfterimageTable of ContentsContentsIntroductionNotes towards A Theory of Affect-ItselfPatricia Ticineto Clough, Greg Goldberg, Rachel Schiff, Aaron Weeks, and Craig WillseWar by Other Means: What Difference Do(es) the Graphic(s) Make?Praying and Playing to the Beat of a Child’s Metronome Gendered Security/National Security: Political Branding and Population RacismPatricia Ticineto Clough and Craig WillseMy Mother’s Scream Feminist Theory: Bodies, Science, and TechnologyA Dream of Falling: Philosophy and Family Violence The Datalogical Turn Patricia Ticineto Clough, Karen Gregory, Benjamin Haber, R. Joshua ScannellThe Object’s Affects: The Rosary Rethinking Race, Calculation, Quantification and Measure And They Were DancingEcstatic Corona: From Ethnography to PerformanceAcknowledgmentsNotesPrevious PublicationsIndex

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Book SynopsisWide-ranging essays and experimental prose forcefully demonstrate how digital media and computational technologies have redefined what it is to be human Over the past decade, digital media has expanded exponentially, becoming an essential part of daily life. The stimulating essays and experimental compositions in The User Unconscious delve into the ways digital media and computational technologies fundamentally affect our sense of self and the world we live in, from both human and other-than-human perspectives.Critical theorist Patricia Ticineto Clough’s provocative essays center around the motif of the “user unconscious” to advance the challenging thesis that that we are both human and other-than-human: we now live, think, and dream within multiple layers of computational networks that are constantly present, radically transforming subjectivity, sociality, and unconscious processes.Drawing together rising strains of philosophy, critical theory, and media studies, as well as the political, social, and economic transformations that are shaping the twenty-first-century world, The User Unconscious points toward emergent crises and potentialities in both human subjectivity and sociality. Moving from affect to data, Clough forces us to see that digital media and computational technologies are not merely controlling us—they have already altered what it means to be human.Trade Review"The essays collected in The User Unconscious, each in its own way and together, are groundbreaking in that they brilliantly pose problems of affect, media, and measure as questions of memory, embodiment, and subjectivation in the datalogical era. Drawing on the best in critical theory, philosophy, and media studies, Patricia Ticineto Clough shows us how to intervene more effectively in the present configuration of digital media and computational technologies in the afterward of neoliberalism and biopolitics."—Amit S. Rai, Queen Mary, University of London"Weaving together the analytical and the lyrical threads of her collective work, Patricia Ticineto Clough takes us to the originary technicity of an unconscious that starts experimenting with the nonhuman modalities of affect, media, and datalogics. These critical and poetic writings about the auto-affective reconfigurations of information governance are a compelling excursus into the political sensibilities for thinking technology today."—Luciana Parisi, Goldsmiths University of London"This is a gorgeous collection of essays and poems from one of our finest thinkers of technology, affect, and biopolitics. Patricia Ticineto Clough pushes thought to new edges, always coercing the bounds between what can be known, not-known, and un-known."—Jasbir Puar, author of The Right to Maim: Debility, Capacity, Disability"If the most important part of a text on affect is the capacities it opens up for humans, then Clough is more than successful. By integrating personal narrative and poetry, she made this book more digestible and more human, which is ultimately the point."—Hyperrhiz"The User Unconscious is extremely efficient in making syntheses, tweaks, and combinations of theories in the field."—AfterimageTable of ContentsContentsIntroductionNotes towards A Theory of Affect-ItselfPatricia Ticineto Clough, Greg Goldberg, Rachel Schiff, Aaron Weeks, and Craig WillseWar by Other Means: What Difference Do(es) the Graphic(s) Make?Praying and Playing to the Beat of a Child’s Metronome Gendered Security/National Security: Political Branding and Population RacismPatricia Ticineto Clough and Craig WillseMy Mother’s Scream Feminist Theory: Bodies, Science, and TechnologyA Dream of Falling: Philosophy and Family Violence The Datalogical Turn Patricia Ticineto Clough, Karen Gregory, Benjamin Haber, R. Joshua ScannellThe Object’s Affects: The Rosary Rethinking Race, Calculation, Quantification and Measure And They Were DancingEcstatic Corona: From Ethnography to PerformanceAcknowledgmentsNotesPrevious PublicationsIndex

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