The Visible Poor (First Printing) Homelessness in the United States

Name: The Visible Poor (First Printing) Homelessness in the United States
Rating: 4.71 (7 reviews)
Author: Blau, Joel
ISBN: 9780195057430

Blau, Joel

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Language: English

Published by Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 1992

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Title: The Visible Poor (First Printing) Homelessness in the United States
Author: Blau, Joel
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, NY
Publication year: 1992
Condition: Good+
Dust jacket: Good+
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0195057430
ISBN 13: 9780195057430
Edition: First Edition; First Printing.

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"Blau is an exemplary member of a group of scholars who are reclaiming the study of social policy from compartmentalization of both subject and method....This is a book that deserves a place on the bookshelf of every political scientist with a primary or even occasional interest in the dynamics of health policy....More important, this book should become part of the general knowledge of people who want to acknowledge the benefits that flowed for twenty-five years from 'health services research' and who now want to move on to take account of race, class, gender, and greed in studying health policy."―Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law

"Blau's book is bound to contribute to a better understanding of the problem of homelessness. That in itself is a step toward solution."―The Threepenny Review

"Blau's book adds significantly to the growing literature on the contemporary homeless in America."―American Journal of Sociology

"An important contribution to the homelessness debate....An excellent account, offering a thorough analysis of homelessness. The book is well structured, with broad general discussion supported by detailed case study material, and can be recommended to all who are interested in the wider issues underlying contemporary homelessness."―Housing Studies

"This illuminating work makes sense of the grim changes overtaking American society, incisively tracing the evolution of U.S. homelessness over the last 20 years."―Publishers Weekly

"This is the best overall book available on the subject of homelessness. It is indispensable for scholars, policy makers, public officials, and serious students. It is the book we will all put on our reading lists in courses on social problems and social policy."―Alfred J. Kahn, Professor (Emeritus), The Columbia University School of Social Work

"Joel Blau's work The Visible Poor combines the best of public policy analysis with a commitment to the poor in America. I will assign it to future Political Science classes when I go back to teaching and do my beset to assign it now to every United States Senator."―Senator Paul Wellstone

"The Visible Poor offers a comprehensive look at one of America's most blatant social injustices. Providing a much-needed context, this book takes a broad perspective, analyzing homelessness as a social problem rather than an individual aberration.... Illuminates the socio-political causes of homelessness, while also persuasively arguing for broad-based remedial policies....Thoughtful and provocative."―Maria Foscarinis, National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty

"[Blau] provides a comprehensive and fresh analysis of the complex causes of homelessness, and a detailed set of recommendations about how to address it. What he proposes is entirely consistnet with the adopted policies of The U.S. Conference of Mayors."―U.S. Mayor Conference Newsletter

"This book is intended for the intelligent lay reader as well as for professionals from a wide range of mental health specialties. The author is a social policy advocate who not only documents the scope and context of the homelessness problem but also has the courage to offer a solution that will not make him popular in conservative circles." ―Readings

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