Beschreibung:
This pioneering book is the first to explore the experiences of homeless people in Russia in the late Soviet period and during post-socialist transition. By using in-depth interviews, Svetlana Stephenson places the narratives within the framework of theoretical perspectives on social-spatial exclusion and advances the understanding of homelessness in Russia as an extreme case of social-territorial displacement.
Contents: Introduction. The Homeless Experience in Russia Today: Homeless people and urban social space; Street society; The process of homelessness. Pathways Into Homelessness: Homelessness in the Soviet Union; Soviet outcasts: displacement, expulsion and self-expulsion; Homelessness in post-Soviet Russia; Displacement and paths into homelessness; Homelessness and regulation of social space. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.