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How to Think About Homelessness: Balancing Structural and Individual Causes

How to Think About Homelessness: Balancing Structural and Individual Causes AbstractLiterature on homelessness acknowledges two types of causes of homelessness: structural and individual causes. Cited examples of structural causes include trends in unemployment and poverty, the housing market, the structure of the economy generally, and large-scale social policies. Examples given ofindividual causes include mental illness, alcoholism, substance abuse, and lack of a work ethic. Virtually all researchers pick either structural or individual factors as the “primary” cause ofhomelessness and then argue the unimportance of the other set of factors. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Social Distress and Homeless Taylor & Francis

How to Think About Homelessness: Balancing Structural and Individual Causes

Journal of Social Distress and Homeless , Volume 7 (1): 14 – Jan 1, 1998

How to Think About Homelessness: Balancing Structural and Individual Causes

Journal of Social Distress and Homeless , Volume 7 (1): 14 – Jan 1, 1998

Abstract

AbstractLiterature on homelessness acknowledges two types of causes of homelessness: structural and individual causes. Cited examples of structural causes include trends in unemployment and poverty, the housing market, the structure of the economy generally, and large-scale social policies. Examples given ofindividual causes include mental illness, alcoholism, substance abuse, and lack of a work ethic. Virtually all researchers pick either structural or individual factors as the “primary” cause ofhomelessness and then argue the unimportance of the other set of factors.

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
Copyright 1998 Taylor and Francis Group LLC
ISSN
1573-658X
eISSN
1053-0789
DOI
10.1023/A:1022966631533
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Abstract

AbstractLiterature on homelessness acknowledges two types of causes of homelessness: structural and individual causes. Cited examples of structural causes include trends in unemployment and poverty, the housing market, the structure of the economy generally, and large-scale social policies. Examples given ofindividual causes include mental illness, alcoholism, substance abuse, and lack of a work ethic. Virtually all researchers pick either structural or individual factors as the “primary” cause ofhomelessness and then argue the unimportance of the other set of factors.

Journal

Journal of Social Distress and HomelessTaylor & Francis

Published: Jan 1, 1998

Keywords: Homelessness; Methodology; Social structure

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