A comparative study of homelessness and services to meet basic needs

Thesis

People experiencing homelessness often have difficulty accessing resources to meet their basic needs for food and sanitation. However, services to meet basic needs—such as public toilets, soup runs, and day centres—have been under-explored in research concerning homelessness and the welfare state. Accordingly, relatively little is known about the ways in which these services fit into the extension of rights through the welfare state. This research examines evidence from policy documents as...

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Authors: House, S

• Type of award: MPhil
• Level of award: Masters
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: homelessness; social services; social policy; sanitation
• Subjects: urban policy; Homeless persons--Services for