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Citizens without shelter : homelessness, democracy, and political exclusion / Leonard C. Feldman.

By: Publication details: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2004.Description: x, 185 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0801441242 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.5/0973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV4505 .F45 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: state power and the polarities of homeless -- Politics -- From vagrancy law to contemporary anti-homeless policy -- The legal construction of the homeless as bare life -- Redistribution, recognition, and the sovereign ban -- Housing diversity and democratic pluralism -- Conclusion: the empty tent of citizenship.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-176) and index.

Introduction: state power and the polarities of homeless -- Politics -- From vagrancy law to contemporary anti-homeless policy -- The legal construction of the homeless as bare life -- Redistribution, recognition, and the sovereign ban -- Housing diversity and democratic pluralism -- Conclusion: the empty tent of citizenship.

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