{"product_id":"swept-up-lives-9781405153874","title":"Swept Up Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUtilizing innovative ethnographic research, \u003ci\u003eSwept Up Lives?\u003c\/i\u003e challenges conventional accounts of urban homelessness to trace the complex and varied attempts to care for homeless people  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents innovative ethnographic research which suggests an important shift in perspective in the analysis and understanding of urban homelessness\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmphasizes the ethical and emotional geographies of care embodied and performed within homeless services spaces\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSuggests that different homelessness scenes' develop in different places due to varied historical, political, and cultural responses to the problems faced\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Geographer\u003c\/i\u003e, 4 September 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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.’\u003cbr\u003e —Lois M. Takahashi, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Challenging theories of urban revanchism that deny homeless people agency and neglect the complexities of today’s welfare state, \u003ci\u003eSwept Up Lives\u003c\/i\u003e 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.’\u003cbr\u003e —Jennifer Wolch, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘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.’\u003cbr\u003e —Christine Milligan, Lancaster University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFigures and Tables vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors' Preface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Re-envisioning the Homeless City 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 From Neoliberalization to Postsecularism 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Tactics and Performativities in the Homeless City 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 'He's Not Homeless, He Shouldn't Have Any Food': Outdoor Relief in a Postsecular Age 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 'It's Like You Can Almost Be Normal Again': Refuge and Resource in Britain's Day Centres 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 'It's Been a Tough Night, Huh?' Hopelessness (and Hope) in Britain's Homeless Hostels 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Big City Blues: Uneven Geographies of Provision in the Homeless City 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 On the Margins of the Homeless City: Caring for Homeless People in Rural Areas 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Conclusions 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 274\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039413928279,"sku":"9781405153874","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405153874.jpg?v=1750943619","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/swept-up-lives-9781405153874","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}