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Original Articles

Homelessness and theory reconsidered

Pages 47-61 | Published online: 12 Apr 2007

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Catherine Hastings. (2021) Homelessness and critical realism: a search for richer explanations. Housing Studies 36:5, pages 737-757.
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Timothy P. Huffman, Casey Leier, Mark A. Generous, Margaret M. Hinrichs & Luke Brenneman. (2021) Climbing the ‘scaffolded city’: tactics used by homeless young adults to navigate employment barriers. Journal of Applied Communication Research 49:2, pages 148-167.
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Georgia Lyons & Charlotte Smedley. (2021) The new face of homelessness? Examining media representations of women’s homelessness in five Australian news sources. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness 30:1, pages 28-40.
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Magdalena Mostowska & Katarzyna Dębska. (2020) An ambiguous hierarchy of inequalities. The political intersectionality of older women’s homelessness in Poland. Journal of Gender Studies 29:4, pages 443-456.
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Peter Matthews, Christopher Poyner & Richard Kjellgren. (2019) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer experiences of homelessness and identity: insecurity and home(o)normativity. International Journal of Housing Policy 19:2, pages 232-253.
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Aurelie Tinland, Laurent Boyer, Sandrine Loubière, Tim Greacen, Vincent Girard, Mohamed Boucekine, Guillaume Fond & Pascal Auquier. (2018) Victimization and posttraumatic stress disorder in homeless women with mental illness are associated with depression, suicide, and quality of life. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 14, pages 2269-2279.
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Lindsey McCarthy. (2018) (Re)conceptualising the boundaries between home and homelessness: the unheimlich. Housing Studies 33:6, pages 960-985.
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Glen Bramley & Suzanne Fitzpatrick. (2018) Homelessness in the UK: who is most at risk?. Housing Studies 33:1, pages 96-116.
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Lars Benjaminsen. (2016) The variation in family background amongst young homeless shelter users in Denmark. Journal of Youth Studies 19:1, pages 55-73.
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Johan Andersson & Gill Valentine. (2015) Picturing the poor: fundraising and the depoliticisation of homelessness. Social & Cultural Geography 16:1, pages 58-74.
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Chez Leggatt-Cook & Kerry Chamberlain. (2015) Houses with elastic walls: negotiating home and homelessness within the policy domain. Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online 10:1, pages 10-22.
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Carole Zufferey. (2014) Questioning Representations of Homelessness in the Australian Print Media. Australian Social Work 67:4, pages 525-536.
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Madhu Satsangi. (2013) Synthesizing Feminist and Critical Realist Approaches to Housing Studies. Housing, Theory and Society 30:2, pages 193-207.
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Cameron Parsell & Mitch Parsell. (2012) Homelessness as a Choice. Housing, Theory and Society 29:4, pages 420-434.
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Julie Christian, David Clapham & Dominic Abrams. (2011) Exploring Homeless People's Use of Outreach Services: Applying a Social Psychological Perspective. Housing Studies 26:5, pages 681-699.
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Guy Johnson & Chris Chamberlain. (2008) Homelessness and Substance Abuse: Which Comes First?. Australian Social Work 61:4, pages 342-356.
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Shane Bodhi Melnitzer. (2007) Marginalization and the Homeless: A Prescriptive Analysis. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness 16:3, pages 193-220.
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Shu-Man Pan. (2006) Genealogy and Ideology of Taiwan Homeless Delivery Services. Journal of Social Distress and Homelessness 15:4, pages 253-272.
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Suzanne Speak. (2004) Degrees of destitution: a typology of homelessness in developing countries. Housing Studies 19:3, pages 465-482.
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Kathlyn Taylor Gaubatz. (2001) Family homelessness in Britain: More than just a housing issue. Journal of Children and Poverty 7:1, pages 3-22.
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Jon May. (2000) Housing Histories and Homeless Careers: A Biographical Approach. Housing Studies 15:4, pages 613-638.
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