Screen LibraryContested Landscapes of Poverty and Homelessness In Southern Europe : Reflections from Athens /
The book uses Athens as a case study to identify the key features of urban anti-poverty policies in Greece and to discuss them in relation to policy developments in the crisis-ridden countries of Southern Europe. The idea of contested landscapes shapes the focus of the book on urban poverty and home...
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62452-5 |
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The book uses Athens as a case study to identify the key features of urban anti-poverty policies in Greece and to discuss them in relation to policy developments in the crisis-ridden countries of Southern Europe. The idea of contested landscapes shapes the focus of the book on urban poverty and homelessness. Contested landscapes refer to the complex dynamics between visible and invisible poverty and to competing strategies on how to address them. The book takes a path-dependent view on the development of post-welfare arrangements, devolution, and pluralism that are being shaped by both neoli |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (XV, 149 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9783319624525 |
| Index Number: | HT101 |
| CLC: | C912.81 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Acronyms -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Landscapes of homelessness and poverty in North American and European cities -- Chapter 3: Poverty and homelessness during the Great Recession and its aftermath -- Chapter 4: Contested landscapes of homelessness in Athens -- Chapter 5: Welfare state rescaling and austerity since 2011 -- Chapter 6: Landscapes of emergency: roll-with poverty management? -- Chapter 7: Problematising emergency and poverty management -- Chapter 8: Landscapes of hope, experiments with |