Housing and Homelessness: A Feminist Perspective
Author:   Sophie Watson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781041135715


Pages:   194
Publication Date:   18 November 2025
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Housing and Homelessness: A Feminist Perspective


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Author:   Sophie Watson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.530kg
ISBN:  

9781041135715


ISBN 10:   1041135718
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   18 November 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Part 1 1. Introduction 2. Definitions of Homelessness 3. Homeless Women – An Historical Perspective: From Industrialization to the Second World War 4. Homeless Women – An Historical Perspective: From the Second World War Until the Early 1980s 5. The Family and Housing: The Marginalization of Single Households Part 2 6. Experiences and Definitions of Homelessness – the Women’s Viewpoint 7. Women’s Housing and Homelessness: A Focus on the Family 8. Homeless Women and the Labour Market 9. Where to Now? Housing Preferences and Strategies 10. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Sophie Watson is Professor of Sociology at the Open University known for her research on urban sociology and cities, particularly on public space, street markets, cultural difference, social/spatial justice and inequality, and cultures of water. Her recent publications include: City Water Matters: Cultures, Practices and Entanglements of Urban Water (2019). Spatial Justice in the City (Ed.) Routledge (2019); The New Blackwell Companion to the City (with Gary Bridge). She has played a significant role in influencing urban and social policy, in particular, in London and Sydney.

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