Beside the Golden Door: Policy, Politics and the Homeless

by Beth Rubin, James Wright, Joel A. Devine

Book Overview

James Wright's Address Unknown: The Homeless in America focused on the problem of homelessness during the mid-to-late 1980s, making an important contribution to the then-emerging public debate of a rapidly growing and increasingly visible social problem. Beside the Golden Door updates the story and our knowledge of homelessness through the middle 1990s, advancing the thesis that an emphasis on factors such as mental illness or substance abuse is descriptively...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202306143
• ISBN13: 9780202306148
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"