Beschreibung:
Checkerboard Square reveals the daily struggle of street people to organize their lives in the face of rejection by employers, government, landlords, and even their own families. Wagner explains why the crisis of homelessness is a result of the very structure of the dominant institutions of work, family, and public social welfare.
Beyond the Conventional Wisdom on the Homeless -- Voices from Checkerboard Square -- Homelessness and the Culture of Resistance -- The Family: No Haven -- "Get a Job": The Limits of the Work Ethic -- Institutions of Control: Social Welfare as Contested Terrain -- The Social Organization of the Streets -- Alternative Institutions and Movements Among Street People -- Subcultures and Patterns of Association Among Street People -- Checkerboard Square and a Radical Critique of Homelessness