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Brak zaufania społecznego bezdomnych matek jako czynnik bierności społecznej i zawodowej

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Miszczuk-Wereszczyńska M.

Górnośląskie Studia Socjologiczne. Seria Nowa

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2020

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vol. 11

200-214

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The paper concerns a subjective image of the social reality of homeless mothers. The focus is put on the phenomenon of trust. A theoretical perspective adopted in the article refers to the theory proposed by Piotr Sztompka and Anthony Giddens. The analysis of the world of homeless mothers is based on the qualitative and quantitative research conducted among women living in centres for single mothers in the Lower Silesia region. The results of the research point to a low trust level of homeless women. It is shown that the trust is the main factor of the individual activity. It significantly helps in the creation of the social relations network. Additionally, it is shown how to activate homeless women by increasing their trust.

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BEZDOMNOŚĆ — CO WYNIKA Z DANYCH

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Wiącek A.

Polityka Społeczna

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2011

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vol. 38

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issue 9(450)

21-28

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What do we know about homelessness in contemporary Poland? For a few years more and more research is carried out on the subject, currently available statistics has shortcomings of the data, but we can get a picture of social reality. In Poland is around 30 thousand homeless people in total, of which 20 thousands living in shelters for the homeless during the winter. Homeless people live mainly in highly urbanized regions. Territorial distribution, intensity of the aid offered and costs vary depending on the region. Unfortunately on average less than 1% of homeless population has succeeded in struggle with homelessness and achieved independency.

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Faktory úspěšné reintegrace bezdomovců a nástroje bytové politiky pro řešení bezdomovství v ČR

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Mikeszová M., Lux M.

Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review

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2013

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vol. 49

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issue 1

29-52

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The aim of this article is to identify the main factors that lead to the successful reintegration of the homeless into long-term housing in the postsocialist Czech Republic, identify the barriers to successful reintegration, and, in the light of these factors and barriers, assess the effectiveness of existing and potentially new state housing policies. Homelessness is a fact that has various causes, and the article tries to link the factors behind and barriers to the successful reintegration of the homeless with potential state interventions in the area of housing and housing policy to reinforce the success of reintegration. Although effective housing policy assistance is not the sole precondition for the successful reintegration of homeless people into long-term housing, without such assistance reintegration is not possible. Despite the relative broadness of existing studies of homelessness in the Czech Republic, to date there is none that focuses on this dimension, and analyses the factors behind and barriers to the successful reintegration of the homeless in greater detail and in reference to the effectiveness of assistance from the housing policy sphere. The authors thus also assess existing public assistance to the homeless in the sphere of housing and innovative changes that could be made to this assistance in the form of ‘guaranteed housing’. In order to analyse the factors behind and barriers to the successful reintegration of the homeless into long-term housing the authors draw on fi ndings from their own qualitative survey of social workers and homeless people conducted in the Czech Republic’s three largest cities. Given that housing systems in post-socialist countries followed a similar path of development, the conclusions from this research could be of more general validity and could serve as resource for other post-socialist countries.

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WYKLUCZENIE SPOŁECZNE W KONTEKŚCIE UBÓSTWA I BEZDOMNOŚCI

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NOGOWSKI J. M.

Civitas et Lex

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2015

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issue 1(5)

55-64

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The social exclusion is impossibilities determined in categories of participating in relevant aspects of the, economic, political social life and the cultural given society. The poverty is being related to persons, families or groups of people, of which resources (financial, cultural and social) they are limited in such a step, that the level of their life is lowering beyond the accepted minimum in the country of residence. A homelessness is both a cause and effect of other states of the poverty, lack of motivation, rejecting moral norms, lack of the ability, too pathological having socially recognised features. A poverty and a homelessness are one of social important issues of contemporary world which requires preventive concrete actions preventing of coming into existence of this phenomenon in order not to lead to the social exclusion.

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Wizerunek ojca w percepcji bezdomnych kobiet

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Szluz B.

Roczniki Nauk o Rodzinie (Annals of Family Studies)

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2012

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vol. 4(59)

93-108

EN

This article was written on the basis of my own, larger studies that were conducted in 2009 among 52 homeless women in the Podkarpackie Voivodship. People were matched in terms of age, place of residence during the research and occasional or permanent residence in the hostel. The biographical method and the narrative interview technique was used, which is a particular form of the free or in-depth interview. The article attempts to show the image of the father in the perception of homeless women.

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Wizerunek matki w percepcji bezdomnych kobiet

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Szluz B.

Roczniki Nauk o Rodzinie (Annals of Family Studies)

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2013

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vol. 5(60)

143-158

EN

This article was written on the basis of a larger, the author's own study of 52 homeless women in the Podkarpackie voivodship, that was conducted in 2009. People were matched in terms of age, place of residence during the research, and occasional or permanent residence in a hostel. The biographical method, narrative interview technique, which is a particular form of free or in-depth interview, was used. The article attempts to show the image of one's mother in the perception of homeless women.

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Badania sytuacji zdrowotnej bezdomnych mężczyzn z powiatu tarnowskiego

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Pasek M., Kowal U.

Państwo i Społeczeństwo

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2014

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issue 1

23-33

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The aim of this study was to determine the health status of homeless men from Tarnow district. The study included 70 men, residents of the Reception Center for Homeless Men in Tarnów. We conducted a diagnostic survey with originally designed questionnaire. Longer duration of homelessness is reflected by the enhancement of undesirable attitudes; this leads to changes in life situation, social status, and social position. Our study revealed that homelessness and its consequences have complex and multidirectional character. The most frequent causes of homelessness included alcoholism and divorces (20% each). Nearly one half of the respondents (47%) declared that their health status is neither good nor poor, and 31% of the homeless men characterized their health as poor or very poor. As many as 83% of the respondents believed that homelessness contributed to (partial or complete) deterioration of their health. Arterial hypertension, dermatological conditions, liver cirrhosis, and ophthalmological disorders turned out to be the most prevalent diseases in the study group. As many as 63% of the homeless men did not use any prescription medications systematically, and 37% declared taking them regularly.

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Celem badań było poznanie sytuacji zdrowotnej bezdomnych mężczyzn z terenów powiatu tarnowskiego. Grupę badawczą stanowiło 70 mężczyzn przebywających w Domu dla Bezdomnych Mężczyzn w Tarnowie. Do realizacji wykorzystano metodę sondażu diagnostycznego. Narzędziem badawczym był autorski kwestionariusz ankiety. Czas pozostawania w bezdomności wpływa na pogłębienie niepożądanych postaw, które powodują zmianę w sytuacji życiowej, statusie i pozycji społecznej. Przeprowadzone badania wskazały, że bezdomność i jej skutki mają charakter złożony, mogą oddziaływać wielokierunkowo. Do najczęstszych przyczyn bezdomności należały alkoholizm i rozwód (po 20%). Blisko połowa ankietowanych (47%) deklarowała, że ich stan zdrowia był ani dobry, ani zły. Aż 31% badanych określiło swój stan zdrowia jako zły i bardzo zły. Aż 83% ankietowanych uznało, że bezdomność wpłynęła na pogorszenie ich stanu zdrowia (częściowo lub całkowicie). Najczęściej występującymi schorzeniami były: nadciśnienie tętnicze, choroby skóry, marskość wątroby i choroby oczu. Aż 63% badanych nie przyjmowało systematycznie leków, a 37% stwierdziło, że bierze je regularnie.

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Bezdomność w opinii mieszkańców bloków socjalnych

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Szluz B.

Seminare. Poszukiwania naukowe

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2010

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vol. 28

113-124

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Scope and fast pace of implementation of some economic reforms caused appearance of many problems in Poland. Situation of this type was the reason for widening of poverty, worsening of people’s state of health and appearing of pathological behaviors. Weak resistance against difficult situations in life is, in turn, the cause for falling into the state of helplessness. People afflicted by homelessness become unable to manage by themselves, they lose their way in the surrouding reality (cultural and personality effects typical for a homeless person). Thus, the issue of homelessness is of the extreme character (is the most tragic in its effects), and in consequence – of the pathological character. Problems that come into existance are the field for an active social policy and social work as well as for activities of mutual-aid and of charitable character. Article presents opinions of inhabitants social blocks on homelessness.

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Characteristics of streetworkers’ work and work environment based on research carried out on a particular group of streetworkers

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Łukasiewicz R.

Roczniki Teologiczne

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2016

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vol. 63

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issue 1: Praca socjalna - English Version

157-181

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When helping another person we usually focus on what kind of help we offer and who we help. We often don’t pay attention to the person who offers help. The goal of this summary is to talk about that person – to show, who the volunteer is, in a specific context of street work with homeless people. This article shows not only who streetworkers are, but it also shows their work ethics and their attitude towards the people they help. The research that has been done omits detailed stat analysis in order to focus full attention to parameters and indicators of this particular social study. Because of this process we manage to obtain a vivid and true image of a streetworker‘s agenda.

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The Welfare state and the gender dissimilarity index in homelessness. A comparison of Norway, Belgium and Poland

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Mostowska M.

Critical Housing Analysis

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2021

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vol. 8

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issue 1

11-23

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This article investigates the structural underpinnings of gender dissimilarities in homelessness from a comparative perspective. The Gender Dissimilarity Index is introduced as a simple measure for quantifying the unevenness of the distribution of men and women across the ETHOS-light categories. Three gendered aspects of the welfare state are considered and compared for Norway, Belgium, and Poland: employment and childcare, housing, and homelessness policies. Based on available data, it appears that the most uneven distribution of genders may indicate a combination of the promotion of the male breadwinner model and relatively broad support for people who are homeless, but also the shortage of affordable housing. A more gender-balanced homeless population may be the result of a combination of housing-led approaches and degenderising policies. However, a similar distribution may be attributed to states with implicitly genderising policies coupled with ‘traditional’ attitudes towards gender roles and a lack of adequate responses to women’s needs.

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Particular art. On the artistic work of Łukasz Surowiec

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Kosterska A.

Anthropos?

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2016

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issue 25 Na uboczu

145-157

EN

Based on an analysis of the works of Łukasz Surowiec, demonstrated at the exhibition Dziady (2013) in The Bunkier Sztuki Gallery in Cracow, the author examines the ways in which Surowiec's art interferes with the realm of political. She draws on the concepts of Jacques Ranciere's le partage du sensible and Andrzej Turowski's particular art to point on some innovative strategies the artist uses in order to subvert the existing, stabilized visual regimes of homelessness and social exclusion. The aim of this article is to answer the question, if and how the work of Surowiec contributes to a political change.

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Social care services for the homeless people based on the attitudes of residents towards homelessness

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Cintulová L. L.

The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II

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2021

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vol. 11

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issue 2

101-116

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There is no Strategic Plan for tackling and preventing homelessness in Slovakia, which exacerbates the unsystematic process of social services for homeless people. For this reason, we point out the positives and negatives of the whole system. The research focuses on mapping the current situation of homelessness and describes the aid system under the auspices of the non-profit sector. The participants in the research were social and street workers who provide care and counseling for the homeless on an outpatient basis, on a residential basis or directly in the street where they live.

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Social care services for the homeless people based on the attitudes of residents towards homelessness

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Cintulová L. L.

The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II

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2021

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vol. 11

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issue 2

101-116

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There is no Strategic Plan for tackling and preventing homelessness in Slovakia, which exacerbates the unsystematic process of social services for homeless people. For this reason, we point out the positives and negatives of the whole system. The research focuses on mapping the current situation of homelessness and describes the aid system under the auspices of the non-profit sector. The participants in the research were social and street workers who provide care and counseling for the homeless on an outpatient basis, on a residential basis or directly in the street where they live.

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Homeless People as Agents of Self-representation: Exploring the Potential of Enhanced Participation in a Community Newspaper Project

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Dvořák V.

Central European Journal of Communication

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2022

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vol. 15

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issue 1(30)

132-149

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Homeless people are subjected to disadvantageous representations in the media, also lacking opportunities for self-representation. This article reports on the findings of two preparatory stages of a project that involves homeless people in the publication of their own newspaper. The findings show that homeless people want to represent themselves through self-created news and to address homelessness as a social issue through people’s life stories, which has the potential to challenge mainstream media practices related to portraying homelessness. At the same time, the analysis reveals several issues that need to be considered while implementing such projects. For example, self-empowerment may sometimes come at the price of disempowerment of others. This emphasizes the importance of carefully structuring the facilitating processes to promote homeless people’s genuine media participation, and to support individual and community empowerment.

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“Teaching how to live”. Social service representatives about the process of leaving homelessness

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Mikołajczyk M.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(1)

84-103

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In the literature on homelessness, the term ‘leaving homelessness’ is used. However, it is not specified. Intuitively, it is understood as overcoming the crisis of homelessness, leaving the shelter and living in a place where the client can act independently. Doubts are raised, regarding the period of time after which it can be considered that a person has left homelessness. The aim of the article is to show the opinions of practitioners, i.e. social workers, educators, psychologists, staff managing institutions for people without their own shelter on the interpretation of the term “leaving homelessness”. The paper presents the results of a survey carried out in 2018, among 155 practitioners representing 30 institutions (shelters, hostels, single mother houses). It shows that “leaving homelessness” is understood as leaving the shelter and the certainty that the client has been functioning independently in the social environment for at least 7–12 months. At the same time, he/she must have a job, support himself/herself, build a social network, maintaining abstinence. The survey also showed that, according to 38% of respondents, their clients are not interested in “returning home” and rather prefer to be in the shelter. This is related to their addictions, long homelessness and a sense of helplessness.

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Causes of homelessness, attempts to improve their situation and hopes for the future – analysis of individual in-depth interviews of homeless men with higher education

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Chotkowska K.

Praca Socjalna

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2020

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vol. 35(1)

71-83

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Analysis of the causes of homelessness and attempts to change their situation among homeless people with higher education are the purpose of the presented article. Losing home among people with higher education is not a common topic of research and analysis. In society, a homeless person is associated rather with an uneducated person. In order to analyze the reasons, the general situation and actions taken to overcome homelessness, five individual in-depth interviews with homeless men from the Mazovia region were carried out. All respondents completed university studies. Among the respondents, the main causes of homelessness are addictions and conflicts in marriage. The respondents admit that it is difficult for them to improve their situation, especially in terms of raising professional qualifications. They have education, so they mostly wonder what other actions they could take. Completed studies show that leaving homelessness, even with a university degree, is not easy. There is no effective system of help for homeless people in this group of people – they are offered jobs or courses and training definitely not corresponding to their possibilities and education.

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In the space of home(less)ness. processes of creating and recreating of home by home(lessss) people in professional and research practice

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Ejneberg D.

Praca Socjalna

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2017

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vol. 32(3)

113-127

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The article shows how a scientist, an experiencedsocial and streetworker perceives the space resided by the homeless. Beginner researcher and experienced social worker tries to recreate the reality of the homeless people and describe their world. The article shows how the home(less) do not perceive themselves as entirely homeless as actually they have home which they can arrange at any given moment. The text presents the world of the homeless as the world of the “homeful” people; it attempts to reconstruct the fragments of their everyday life and rituals that they create within the space arranged into their “homefullness”. Thanks to this article, the Reader may, experience the life of homeless people from another perspective. They can see that every homeless person has their own space and defined limits. The article present two different perspectives of homelessness; one belonging to the homeless people and the other to the society. The world that is unreal to one person can be a real home to another.

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Anachorický bezdomovec : Purifikace a transgrese veřejného prostoru

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Hejnal O.

Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)

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2013

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vol. 100

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issue 4

449-467

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The goal of the present study is to understand the discoursive negotiation of the claims upon the use of public space. Specifically is to focused on the analysis of purification of public space from homeless persons in middle-sized city. On the basis of my research of homeless persons that included de semi-structured interviews with selected actors (policemen, politicians, employees of social services and of the non-profit organizations), analysis of documents (especially journalistic and legal) and active participant observation.

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Delivering social housing : an overview of the housing crisis in Dublin

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Lima V.

Critical Housing Analysis

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2018

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vol. 5

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issue 1

1-11

EN

This paper explores the responses to the housing crisis in Dublin, Ireland, by analysing recent housing policies promoted to prevent family homelessness. I argue that private rental market subsides have played an increasing role in the provision of social housing in Ireland. Instead of policies that facilitate the construction of affordable housing or the direct construction of social housing, current housing policies have addressed the social housing crisis by encouraging and relying excessively on the private market to deliver housing. The housing crisis has challenged governments to increase the social housing supply, but the implementation of a larger plan to deliver social housing has not been effective, as is evidenced by the rapid decline of both private and social housing supply and the increasing number of homeless people in Dublin.

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Bruksela i Amsterdam — lokalne konteksty bezdomności polskich migrantów

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Mostowska M.

Neerlandica Wratislaviensia

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2015

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vol. 25

57 - 74

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The number of migrants who are presenting to homeless services in European countries has grown recently, in particular following the expansion of the European Union in 2004 and 2007. Migrants often face legal barriers in access to accommodation and welfare assistance, many have limited financial resources and are vulnerable to unemployment, all of which puts them at a higher risk of homelessness. Even though Brussels and Amsterdam are territorially and culturally close, Polish migrants experience rooflessness there differently. Their different coping strategies and experiences may be attributed to distinctive migration patterns, position in the labour market, but also to the local context: accessibility of low-threshold services, municipal regulations concerning behaviour in public spaces or police practices.

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