Abstract
This paper argues that the increasing international salience of homelessness can be partially explained by reference to the revanchist thesis (involving processes of coerced exclusion and abjection), but the situation on the ground is more complex. It reports on interviews with 18 representatives of 11 homelessness service providers in one city in England. As Cloke et al. found, these providers tended to be either larger, more 'professional', 'insider' services or smaller, more 'amateur', 'outsider' services. However, this does not mean that the former were necessarily more revanchist and the latter less so. Rather, the actions of both types of organisation could, in some cases, be construed as both advancing and counteracting a revanchist project.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 419-427 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Health and Social Care in the Community |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 1 Dec 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Changing homelessness services : Revanchism, 'professionalisation' and resistance. / Scullion, Lisa; Somerville, Peter; Brown, Philip; Morris, Gareth.
In: Health and Social Care in the Community, Vol. 23, No. 4, 01.07.2015, p. 419-427.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Changing homelessness services
T2 - Revanchism, 'professionalisation' and resistance
AU - Scullion, Lisa
AU - Somerville, Peter
AU - Brown, Philip
AU - Morris, Gareth
PY - 2015/7/1
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N2 - This paper argues that the increasing international salience of homelessness can be partially explained by reference to the revanchist thesis (involving processes of coerced exclusion and abjection), but the situation on the ground is more complex. It reports on interviews with 18 representatives of 11 homelessness service providers in one city in England. As Cloke et al. found, these providers tended to be either larger, more 'professional', 'insider' services or smaller, more 'amateur', 'outsider' services. However, this does not mean that the former were necessarily more revanchist and the latter less so. Rather, the actions of both types of organisation could, in some cases, be construed as both advancing and counteracting a revanchist project.
AB - This paper argues that the increasing international salience of homelessness can be partially explained by reference to the revanchist thesis (involving processes of coerced exclusion and abjection), but the situation on the ground is more complex. It reports on interviews with 18 representatives of 11 homelessness service providers in one city in England. As Cloke et al. found, these providers tended to be either larger, more 'professional', 'insider' services or smaller, more 'amateur', 'outsider' services. However, this does not mean that the former were necessarily more revanchist and the latter less so. Rather, the actions of both types of organisation could, in some cases, be construed as both advancing and counteracting a revanchist project.
KW - 'professionalisation'
KW - Collaboration
KW - Communities of practice
KW - Homelessness
KW - Leadership
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VL - 23
SP - 419
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JO - Health and Social Care in the Community
JF - Health and Social Care in the Community
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