...Abstract This chapter serves as an introduction to readers for this volume of Studies in Symbolic Interaction on the prescient subjects of mental health, gun control, and homelessness. While diverse geographically, contextually, and methodologically, each of these chapters overlaps...

...Abstract This chapter explores the role of emotions in qualitative sociological interviews, drawing on fieldwork conducted with homeless women in France. Through in-depth interviews, the author encountered stories marked by violence, marginalization, and moments of tenderness, highlighting...

...Abstract Exiting homelessness involves coming to terms with a precarious, stigmatized social identity, and the perceptions and behavior of nonhomeless persons. Based on longitudinal case studies, this paper explores the identity work of four men from the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands...

...Abstract This article discusses how authors such as Olivia Laing and Ivan Vladislavic are positioning homelessness as a form of resistance against “good life” fantasies and neoliberal success narratives (Berlant, 2011). Laing’s quasi-autobiographical novel interweaves multiple narratives of New...

...Drawing on several studies, this chapter explores the potential application of trauma-informed principles in meaningful involvement and engagement with people who experience(d) homelessness and trauma. The chapter starts with exploring trauma and contemporary trauma theory and co-production...

...Homelessness is a growing and highly mediatised issue. Based on a project developing a community of practice to tackle homelessness in Northern England, this chapter presents reflections on the research processes, forefronting experts by experience's (EbE) views. We highlight the sense of value...

...We advance organizational research on complex societal challenges and showcase the relevance of a system perspective to analyze organized efforts to address homelessness as a social problem. We adopt a phenomenon-based approach to theorizing and generate plausible explanations by analyzing...

... and satisfaction, making home a central part of their identity. However, for some individuals, particularly homeless migrants with limited access to social services, establishing these home-making connections is challenging. The lack of stability and support systems can make it difficult to develop the sense...

..., and help to gain access to hard-to-reach populations, its mainstreaming has introduced new challenges surrounding the co-optation of lived experience. This chapter reflects on an ongoing longitudinal research project on homelessness and mental health services in the Netherlands, in which pairs of academic...

...Abstract Homelessness in Greater Boston has been a recurring issue since the 1980s. Massachusetts is the only right to shelter state in the nation, which theoretically guarantees that families with children under the age of 21 must be offered a place to sleep every night. However, research shows...

... the privilege of experiencing. Housing policy across the globe is dominated by capitalistic thinking: the profit becomes the priority. Those marginalised, traumatised and stigmatised suffer the most, many having to access inadequate homeless shelters, still more sleeping on our cold streets. Current service...

...Various issues, including income inequality and housing shortages, have been proposed as contributing factors to rising levels of homelessness on the West Coast. However, the sheer complexity of the issue makes any attempt to identify one particular “cause” misguided. Many studies examine the link...

...References References Alden 2015 Alden , S.   2015 . Discretion on the frontline: the street level bureaucrat in English statutory homelessness services , Social Policy and Society , 14 ( 1 ), 63 – 71 . Barton and Davis 2015 Barton , A. and Davis , H.   2015...

..., and leadership commitment, this chapter calls on the profession to lean in and no longer look away (K. Strowder, personal communication, 2022). LGBTGEQ+ youth homelessness public libraries identity narrative inquiry experience intersectionality National Runaway Safeline Point Source Youth Introduction...

... social infrastructure may be a vital step toward building socially sustainable communities in the twenty-first century. Public library social infrastructure homelessness stigma affordable housing UN Sustainability Goals Introduction Hamilton, Ontario’s Parkdale neighborhood is shaped by the city’s...

.... In this sense, the chapter aims to discuss the practice of ‘Costruire Bellezza (Crafting Beauty), an experiment (Binder & Redström, 2006) of design for social inclusion. It focuses on both the empowerment of homeless people (Sen, 1999) and the development of skills – mainly relational – of university...

...Abstract Despite increased academic research interest on how media sources represent and impact social realities, there is little emphasis on homelessness representations in street newspapers. The Greek economic crisis echoed socioeconomic changes and inequalities in both mainstream and lesser...

...homelessness bullying educational inequity poverty classism systemic oppression educational debt The chapter below follows a proverbial phrase “When Life Give You Lemons,” you make the best lemonade ever tasted. The lemons in the recipe represent life’s adversity, the water in the recipe...

...Abstract At the turn of the twenty-first century, a “new orthodoxy” in explaining homelessness had emerged in the field of homeless research. Combining structural and individual factors, the consensus is that people with personal problems are more vulnerable than others to the structural...

..., this case study considers the consequences of organizational assumptions consistent with Bem’s (1993) three “lenses of gender” – androcentrism, essentialism, and polarization – on direct service provision for homeless clients in a small, faith-based, social service provider. Methodology/approach...