Essays about: "Homelessness"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 39 essays containing the word Homelessness.

1. 16. Housing First - A Multifaceted Experience - The Journey of Recovery Through the Support of Housing First

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Simon Blomberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Homelessness; Housing First; Mental Illness; Recovery; Support;

   Abstract : Bostad Först, en intervention som syftar till att lösa kronisk hemlöshet, har visat sig vara ett framgångsrikt och ekonomiskt hållbart alternativ under de senaste tre decennierna. Men i utvärderingarna nämns sällan erfarenheterna från boende inom Bostad Först och främst påverkan på deras återhämtningsprocess. READ MORE

3. 17. Access to Social Justice: the Intersection of Homelessness and Migration in Europe. A Multiple Case Study of Italy and Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Enrico Giansanti; [2020]
   Keywords : Homelessness; Migrants; Refugees; Intersectionality; Scales of Justice; Redistribution; Recognition; Multiple case study; Italy; Sweden; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study maps the intersection of homelessness and migration in Europe by focusing on Italy and Sweden; in the study, ‘Europe’ is defined by the Schengen Common Area Agreement, by the Common European Asylum System and by the Dublin Regulation. Using Kimberlé Crenshaw’s Intersectionality as one of its main theoretical reference points, the study argues that different dimensions of power relations may combine to create unique modes of discrimination that apply specifically to homeless migrants in Italy and Sweden. READ MORE

4. 18. The Hidden Population: A qualitative discourse analysis on media coverage of the homeless population in Ireland.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Ella Kaverma; [2019]
   Keywords : homelessness; media; stigma; housing; Ireland; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Homelessness in Europe, especially Ireland, has been a growing issue ever since the recession of 2008. In addition to struggling with finding safe spaces and everyday tasks such as access to food, showers and grooming, the homeless are met with stigma and stereotypes. This thesis aims to explore how the homeless are portrayed in the Irish Times. READ MORE

5. 19. PUBLIC SPACE AND THE BANNING OF HOMELESSNESS IN COPENHAGEN. EVERYDAY SPATIAL PRACTICES AGAINST THE COMMODIFICATION OF LIFE

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Nicolás Palacios; [2019]
   Keywords : Homelessness; everyday life; neoliberal city; public space; enclosure strategies; Copenhagen; spatial practices; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Since April 2017, legislation fining people in ‘encampments’ in public spaces was enacted in Copenhagen. This regulation was tightened by July 2018 be-coming an effective ban, where the subject of the fine was expelled from the administrative limits of the municipality. READ MORE

6. 20. The rise of a Social Democratic Welfare State: a question about housing

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Ida Augustsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Welfare; Social Democracy; Housing; Homelessness;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how the right to housing has arisen in Sweden and how it hasbeen articulated and expressed during the 20th and 21st century. Moreover, itinvestigates the shift and continuations within Swedish housing policies alongsidereviewing outcomes following the happenings with a focus on homelessness. READ MORE