audiobook Understanding Early Christian Art by Robin Margaret Jensen in Arts-Photography

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The causes of homelessness are disputed by both Right and Left. But; few would argue that life on the streets is anything other than dangerous and debilitating. Unemployment; deinstitutionalisation; abuse in the home are among the stories the homeless tell. Voluntary organisations point to the failure of emergency shelters and food banks; the cut-backs in social programmes and the severe shortage of affordable housing. On the international scale; the changing global system has placed new demands on the economies of Europe and north America which have impacted on resources; employment and even political will. This book is the first comprehensive international study of homelessness. The author argues that the category of the homeless must itself be broadened; to encompass those chronically without shelter to those in immediate risk of dispossession; if homelessness is to be tackled effectively (before and after it happens) by public policy; voluntary organisations and the individuals themselves.