extent, recent state initiatives in tackling homelessness. The analysis leads to the conclusion that some of more radical …

This paper reviews the evolution of homelessness policy and practice in Scotland since the establishment of the … practicability of flagship Scottish government policy to widen the remit of the homelessness legislation - effectively an extension … the same time, the paper draws attention to the parallels in the recent development of homelessness policy in the two …

This paper re-examines the role of the state in relation to homelessness in the UK. Taking a long term and macro … approaches to welfare, and looks at trends in homelessness across three eras of welfare. The analysis draws on theories of the … state and the welfare state to explain differing levels of homelessness and to draw conclusions as to possible future …

This paper aims to explore the commonality of social policies on homelessness between Japan and England and to discuss … the role of social policy in response to the recent emergence of homelessness throughout the world. Japan and England are … regarded as different types of welfare state, and policies towards homelessness in both countries contrast sharply with each …

homelessness, though the way it exercises that power has taken new forms. Government by …'legislation';,'regularization';and'subven tions';. The paper focuses on the central state's approach to initiatives against homelessness, with special regard to its … understanding that homelessness is not a necessary feature of a modern nation, and that it would be possible for the central state …