Nobody Wants to Hear Our Truth: Homeless Women and Theories of the Welfare State
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Nobody Wants to Hear Our Truth: Homeless Women and Theories of the Welfare State
By (Author) Meredith Ralston
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
30th January 1996
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social welfare and social services
Gender studies: women and girls
362.83086942
Physical Properties
Hardback
224
Description
Interviews over five years with 20 homeless and addicted women with different experiences of sexual abuse and sexism and racism demonstrate how both neo-conservative and neo-liberal prescriptions for solving their problems are unworkable. This book considers the linkage of homelessness and addiction, profiles of the interviewee, and outlines the methodology used in the research. It also defines and tests the main theories in relation to the women's experiences and perspectives and uncovers new realities about the situations and problems of welfare recipients and people who society has usually "silenced."
Author Bio
MEREDITH L. RALSTON is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University in Nova Scotia, Canada. She has published studies of homelessness and prostitution, and now works in the areas of gender and development.
