ABSTRACT

Drawing on recent academic studies in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, this book is the first international text on homelessness in rural areas. Consisting of fifteen specially commissioned chapters, International Perspectives on Rural Homelessness provides comparative material on the cultural, political and policy contexts of rural homelessness, examining the nature and scale of the issue and the complex local geographies of rural homelessness.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

The hidden faces of rural homelessness

chapter 3|20 pages

Homeless in the heartland

American dreams and nightmares in Indian Country

chapter 6|18 pages

Rural homelessness in the UK

A national overview

chapter 9|24 pages

International perspectives on rural homelessness

A sociological perspective on homelessness in rural Spain

chapter 11|20 pages

Homelessness in rural Ireland

chapter 12|23 pages

Inhabiting the margins

A geography of rural homelessness in Australia

chapter 14|14 pages

Places to stand but not necessarily to dwell

The paradox of rural homelessness in New Zealand