"We are not garbage!" the homeless movement in Tokyo, 1994-2002

Offers a full history of a homeless movement in Tokyo that lasted nearly a decade. This book shows how homeless people and their external supporters in the city combined their scarce resources to generate and sustain the movement. It also addresses the origins of increased homelessness and developme...

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Main Author: Hasegawa, Miki (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2006.
Series:East Asia (New York, N.Y)
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Summary:Offers a full history of a homeless movement in Tokyo that lasted nearly a decade. This book shows how homeless people and their external supporters in the city combined their scarce resources to generate and sustain the movement. It also addresses the origins of increased homelessness and development of homelessness policy in the country.
Physical Description:xiii, 213 pages maps 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-204) and index.
ISBN:9780415976930 (hbk)
0415976936 (hbk)