Rodney Fopp
Biographic Data
| ID | 1261017 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rodney Fopp |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rodney |
| FAMILY NAME | Fopp |
| SIGNATURE | FOPP R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of South Australia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8303-7145 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Epistemology and Metaphysics for Qualitative Research
As the volumes of HTS attest, qualitative methods are used in housing and related studies. Yet, if my experience is anything to go by, this approach to research is studied little in undergraduate a
Problematising aspects of evidence‐based policy: An analysis illustrated by an Australian homelessness policy 1985–2008
Although recently criticised in the academic literature, the past few decades have seen international demand for policies to be based on evidence. In this article three aspects of the process of evidence‐based policy (EBP) are briefly examined. They include: (1) how evidence becomes socially worthy of the title; (2) the problems which arise for EBP when there is conflicting or rival evidence; and (3) facets of the transition from evidence to poli…
Metaphors in Homelessness Discourse and Research: Exploring “Pathways”, “Careers” and “Safety Nets” 1
Like sociologists who use “class” and “stratification”, and physicists who use “black hole”, researchers who investigate homelessness and housing issues use metaphors. To name just a few, we hear of “sliding” into homelessness, “pathways”, “revolving doors”, “exit points” and homeless and housing “careers”. “Pathways” and “careers” are very popular among researchers and regularly appear in national and international journals, and in the titles of…
‘I'm the Slice of Pie that's Ostracised …’. Foucault's Technologies, and Personal Agency, in the Voice of Women who are Homeless, Adelaide, South Australia
In contrast to the international research (particularly in the United Kingdom and North America), much of the Australian literature regarding homelessness to date omits the perspective of people who are homeless. In contributing to the fledgling Australian literature in the field, the following article adopts a secondary approach to the data analysis of original research. When analysed, the voices of homeless women from an agency in Adelaide, Sou…
The Mutual Obligation Policy in Australia: The rhetoric and reasoning of recent social security policy
Since 1997, the Australian Federal Liberal Government has introduced policies which have sought to reduce rates of unemployment, particularly long-term unemployment. The policy, known as Mutual Obligation, increased the expectations on unemployed people in return for their social security payment. At the same time, previous labour market programmes and government assistance schemes were scrapped or privatised. This article explores the justificat…
Mutual Obligation? Regulating by Supervision and Surveillance in Australian Income Support P
Through an analysis of speeches by government ministers, documents and regulations, this article examines the Australian national government's surveillance of unemployed people through what is known as Activity Testing, and more specifically as Mutual Obligation. It seeks to merge the social policy analysis of Mutual Obligation with a surveillance perspective in order to delve deeper into the underlying nature of the policy and its implications f…
Increasing the Potential for Gaze, Surveillance and Normalisation: The transformation of an Australian policy for people who are homeless
Michel Foucault analysed the origins and social function served by institutions such as the prison and the clinic, explored the links between knowledge and power, and the body as a location or site of such social power. In this article, Foucault's analysis is applied to an Australian program for people who are homeless. After outlining a theoretical framework which emphases Foucault's theme of increasing surveillance being used for the purposes o…
No Where to Go: An Analysis of the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) provides services for homeless people. After demonstrating that the Program is intended to assist people to move on to independent living, the following paper examines the implications of remaining in SAAP services for longer than would otherwise be necessary because there is no where else to go. In particular, the broader social functions of SAAP are examined in the light of the work of Miche…
Cultural Relativism Re‐examined: A Response to F.C. White
(1984). Cultural Relativism Re‐examined:A Response to F.C. White. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 37-42
A Report From the Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare: A Review
Unemployment, Youth Homelessness and the Allocation of Family Responsibility
The following discussion concerns two issues relating to what is usually called youth homelessness. The first concerns the accommodation expectations for 15 to 17 year olds to reside at their parent's home, which is encouraged by the existing government's policies, and the non‐indexation of the unemployment benefit for single 16 and 17 year olds. Assumptions about family responsibility are also discussed and linked with assumptions about family d…
Metaphors in Homelessness Discourse and Research: Exploring “Pathways”, “Careers” and “Safety Nets” 1
Like sociologists who use “class” and “stratification”, and physicists who use “black hole”, researchers who investigate homelessness and housing issues use metaphors. To name just a few, we hear of “sliding” into homelessness, “pathways”, “revolving doors”, “exit points” and homeless and housing “careers”. “Pathways” and “careers” are very popular among researchers and regularly appear in national and international journals, and in the titles of…
Increasing the Potential for Gaze, Surveillance and Normalisation: The transformation of an Australian policy for people who are homeless
Michel Foucault analysed the origins and social function served by institutions such as the prison and the clinic, explored the links between knowledge and power, and the body as a location or site of such social power. In this article, Foucault's analysis is applied to an Australian program for people who are homeless. After outlining a theoretical framework which emphases Foucault's theme of increasing surveillance being used for the purposes o…
The Mutual Obligation Policy in Australia: The rhetoric and reasoning of recent social security policy
Since 1997, the Australian Federal Liberal Government has introduced policies which have sought to reduce rates of unemployment, particularly long-term unemployment. The policy, known as Mutual Obligation, increased the expectations on unemployed people in return for their social security payment. At the same time, previous labour market programmes and government assistance schemes were scrapped or privatised. This article explores the justificat…
Problematising aspects of evidence‐based policy: An analysis illustrated by an Australian homelessness policy 1985–2008
Although recently criticised in the academic literature, the past few decades have seen international demand for policies to be based on evidence. In this article three aspects of the process of evidence‐based policy (EBP) are briefly examined. They include: (1) how evidence becomes socially worthy of the title; (2) the problems which arise for EBP when there is conflicting or rival evidence; and (3) facets of the transition from evidence to poli…
No Where to Go: An Analysis of the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) provides services for homeless people. After demonstrating that the Program is intended to assist people to move on to independent living, the following paper examines the implications of remaining in SAAP services for longer than would otherwise be necessary because there is no where else to go. In particular, the broader social functions of SAAP are examined in the light of the work of Miche…
Unemployment, Youth Homelessness and the Allocation of Family Responsibility
The following discussion concerns two issues relating to what is usually called youth homelessness. The first concerns the accommodation expectations for 15 to 17 year olds to reside at their parent's home, which is encouraged by the existing government's policies, and the non‐indexation of the unemployment benefit for single 16 and 17 year olds. Assumptions about family responsibility are also discussed and linked with assumptions about family d…
Unemployment, Youth Homelessness and the Allocation of Family Responsibility
The following discussion concerns two issues relating to what is usually called youth homelessness. The first concerns the accommodation expectations for 15 to 17 year olds to reside at their parent's home, which is encouraged by the existing government's policies, and the non‐indexation of the unemployment benefit for single 16 and 17 year olds. Assumptions about family responsibility are also discussed and linked with assumptions about family d…
A Report From the Senate Standing Committee on Social Welfare: A Review
Cultural Relativism Re‐examined: A Response to F.C. White
(1984). Cultural Relativism Re‐examined:A Response to F.C. White. Educational Philosophy and Theory: Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 37-42
No Where to Go: An Analysis of the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
The Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) provides services for homeless people. After demonstrating that the Program is intended to assist people to move on to independent living, the following paper examines the implications of remaining in SAAP services for longer than would otherwise be necessary because there is no where else to go. In particular, the broader social functions of SAAP are examined in the light of the work of Miche…
Mutual Obligation? Regulating by Supervision and Surveillance in Australian Income Support P
Through an analysis of speeches by government ministers, documents and regulations, this article examines the Australian national government's surveillance of unemployed people through what is known as Activity Testing, and more specifically as Mutual Obligation. It seeks to merge the social policy analysis of Mutual Obligation with a surveillance perspective in order to delve deeper into the underlying nature of the policy and its implications f…
Increasing the Potential for Gaze, Surveillance and Normalisation: The transformation of an Australian policy for people who are homeless
Michel Foucault analysed the origins and social function served by institutions such as the prison and the clinic, explored the links between knowledge and power, and the body as a location or site of such social power. In this article, Foucault's analysis is applied to an Australian program for people who are homeless. After outlining a theoretical framework which emphases Foucault's theme of increasing surveillance being used for the purposes o…
‘I'm the Slice of Pie that's Ostracised …’. Foucault's Technologies, and Personal Agency, in the Voice of Women who are Homeless, Adelaide, South Australia
In contrast to the international research (particularly in the United Kingdom and North America), much of the Australian literature regarding homelessness to date omits the perspective of people who are homeless. In contributing to the fledgling Australian literature in the field, the following article adopts a secondary approach to the data analysis of original research. When analysed, the voices of homeless women from an agency in Adelaide, Sou…
The Mutual Obligation Policy in Australia: The rhetoric and reasoning of recent social security policy
Since 1997, the Australian Federal Liberal Government has introduced policies which have sought to reduce rates of unemployment, particularly long-term unemployment. The policy, known as Mutual Obligation, increased the expectations on unemployed people in return for their social security payment. At the same time, previous labour market programmes and government assistance schemes were scrapped or privatised. This article explores the justificat…
Metaphors in Homelessness Discourse and Research: Exploring “Pathways”, “Careers” and “Safety Nets” 1
Like sociologists who use “class” and “stratification”, and physicists who use “black hole”, researchers who investigate homelessness and housing issues use metaphors. To name just a few, we hear of “sliding” into homelessness, “pathways”, “revolving doors”, “exit points” and homeless and housing “careers”. “Pathways” and “careers” are very popular among researchers and regularly appear in national and international journals, and in the titles of…
Problematising aspects of evidence‐based policy: An analysis illustrated by an Australian homelessness policy 1985–2008
Although recently criticised in the academic literature, the past few decades have seen international demand for policies to be based on evidence. In this article three aspects of the process of evidence‐based policy (EBP) are briefly examined. They include: (1) how evidence becomes socially worthy of the title; (2) the problems which arise for EBP when there is conflicting or rival evidence; and (3) facets of the transition from evidence to poli…
Epistemology and Metaphysics for Qualitative Research
As the volumes of HTS attest, qualitative methods are used in housing and related studies. Yet, if my experience is anything to go by, this approach to research is studied little in undergraduate a
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (8 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Accommodation (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works)