附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction : meanings, methodologies, means and ends -- 2. Theoretical perspectives on space -- 3. "Tempe is fantasy land!" Disneyfication and the dystopian city -- 4. Facing the "homeless problem" : skid row, survival, and the road to nowhere -- 5. Patterns of exclusion : sanitizing space, criminalizing homelessness -- 6. Case in point : a genealogy of the Tempe sidewalk ordinance -- 7. Forces of resistance : civil rights struggles and the contested realms of public space -- 8. Conclusion : localizing the global, globalizing the local.
摘要:Annotation Amster studies the social and spatial implications of homelessness in America. Increasingly, commentators have lamented the erosion of public space, charting its decline along with the rise of commercialization and privatization. A result is the criminalization of homelessness, a phenomenon revealed here through participant observations, informal conversations, and in-depth interviews with street people, city officials, and social service providers. Amster explores the interconnections among: (i) the impetus of development and gentrification; (ii) the enactment of anti-homeless ordinances and regulations; (iii) the material and ideological erosion of public space; (iv) emerging forces of resistance to these trends; and (v) the continuing viability of anti-systemic movements.
