Graham Bowpitt
Biographic Data
| ID | 4238301 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Graham Bowpitt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Graham |
| FAMILY NAME | Bowpitt |
| SIGNATURE | BOWPITT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nottingham Trent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0554-9444 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Exploring the impact of cultural beliefs in the self-management of type 2 diabetes among Black sub-Saharan Africans in the UK – a qualitative study informed by the PEN-3 cultural model
The study findings highlight the need to be not only aware of the negative impact of diabetes perceptions and health behaviours among the BsSA communities, but also be aware of the enabling factors and collective practices within the communities that are equally critical in influencing the self-management and health-seeking decisions of BsSAs living with T2D. PEN-3 model was significant with exploring not only how cultural context shapes health b…
Paths to resettlement: Understanding the Interplay of Work and Other Factors in Journeys Out of Homelessness
Paid employment has been viewed by successive governments in the UK as critical in making transitions out of homelessness, even when combined with problems like substance misuse, criminality or mental ill health. This article presents evidence from a study that sought to subject this belief to critical examination by exploring the relationship between promoting employability and other aspects of resettlement in the lives of a sample of thirty peo…
Choosing to be homeless? Persistent rough sleeping and the perverse incentives of social policy in England
Purpose With the temporary housing of rough sleepers in response to the Covid-19 emergency, some commentators have been tempted to believe that the rising population of rough sleepers in the UK has finally been reversed. This paper aims to examine the choices made by persistent rough sleepers and how far they are influenced by the perverse incentives of social policies, in order to challenge the view that they sleep rough out of choice. Design/me…
Rights, responsibilities and refusals: Homelessness policy and the exclusion of single homeless people with complex needs
Since 1977 homelessness legislation in England has offered limited statutory accommodation rights to unintentionally homeless people who are judged to be in priority need and able to demonstrate a local connection. Using data generated in interviews with homeless people and staff working to support them, this paper considers the impact of current homelessness policy and practice and explores how decisions about intentionality, priority need and l…
Places of Sanctuary for 'the Undeserving'? Homeless People's Day Centres and the Problem of Conditionality
This paper is an exploration of a dilemma that is central to the place of day centres in tackling single homelessness and raises issues for social work more generally. On the one hand, day centres provide vital services to a vulnerable group in a safe, non-threatening and non-judgemental setting; on the other hand, in doing so, they are believed to impede opportunities for personal change. The paper draws on findings from a research study which c…
Christianity and the New Social Order: A manifesto for a fairer future – By John Atherton, Chris Baker and John Reader
Comparing Men's and Women's Experiences of Multiple Exclusion Homelessness
This article explores gender as a variable in multiple exclusion homelessness in England. Much past research has taken insufficient account of the gender of homeless people, especially the predominance of men in the single homeless population and of women heading homeless households with dependent children. Drawing on qualitative data generated in a study of multiple exclusion homelessness in London and Nottingham, the article considers three way…
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The support priorities of multiply excluded homeless people and their compatibility with support agency agendas – new research into multiple exclusion homelessness
Purpose This paper aims to throw light on the value of accommodation and support services and the likely consequences of their withdrawal. Design/methodology/approach Research was completed by a team of researchers from Nottingham Trent and Salford Universities under the Multiple Exclusion Homelessness programme funded by CLG, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Findings Agencies whose priorities are influ…
Disrupting Homelessness: Alternative Christian Approaches
This book is an attempt to bring Christian theological insights into debates about homelessness. Although written by a North American academic, its reflections will resonate with anyone who has a passion to understand and improve the lives of homeless people in developed, democratic societies. The author nevertheless directs her attention at a field of social involvement in which, in the case of the United States, Christian bodies play a very lar…
Faith in the Public Realm: Controversies, Policies and Practices – Edited by Adam Dinham, Robert Furbey and Vivien Lowndes
On the margins of inclusion: Changing labour markets and social exclusion in London
Not Going It Alone: Social Integration and Tenancy Sustainability for Formerly Homeless Substance Users
This article draws on findings from a study of a specialised tenancy support service for homeless substance users in a Midlands city, and contributes to debates about what makes solutions to homelessness sustainable. Two approaches to tenancy support are examined: first, a resettlement model based on risk management; and, second, a restorative model which prioritises support that enables people to rebuild their lives in a more holistic sense. Con…
Welfare State without Dependency: The Case of the UK Chinese People
The present study was based on data from 100 face-to-face interviews, supplemented by findings from 316 respondents in a national postal survey, and shows that UK Chinese respondents were family-orientated and self-reliant, having low expectations of public welfare. These features challenge the myth of welfare dependency of ethnic minorities. Also, compared with Chinese welfare practices based on strong moral values and duties towards other peopl…
Beyond silent organizations: A reflection of the UK Chinese people and their community organizations
The UK Chinese community has long been perceived to have a high degree of solidarity and self-sufficiency. On the other hand, it is argued that the sense of community and mutual help among Chinese people has been weakened by their competitive approach to business. Based on findings from an ESRC-funded national study of the UK Chinese people's help-seeking behaviour, this study found that Chinese people, both where their population is dispersed an…
Christianity and Social Service in Modern Britain: The Disinherited Spirit by Frank Prochaska
Human dignity and welfare systems
Human dignity and welfare systems
Working with creative creatures: Towards a Christian paradigm for social work theory, with some practical implications
In a previous article (Bowpitt, 1998), I examined the role of Evangelical Christianity as a neglected feature in the historical origins of social work in Britain, arguing that the secular humanist paradigm that came to dominate the profession for the bulk of the twentieth century goes a long way towards explaining that neglect but that the challenging of that dominant paradigm may throw light on the recent revival of interest in the importance of…
Evangelical Christianity, Secular Humanism, and the Genesis of British Social Work
This paper is a reappraisal of the Christian origins of social work and, as such, is a contribution to writing the profession's history. It examines the competing ideological roots of the concept of ‘social work’ which emerged in late nineteenth-century Britain, and the extent to which they are derived from the Christian charitable tradition or its secular transformation. Two features of early social work are examined in particular depth: its mor…
Rights, responsibilities and refusals: Homelessness policy and the exclusion of single homeless people with complex needs
Since 1977 homelessness legislation in England has offered limited statutory accommodation rights to unintentionally homeless people who are judged to be in priority need and able to demonstrate a local connection. Using data generated in interviews with homeless people and staff working to support them, this paper considers the impact of current homelessness policy and practice and explores how decisions about intentionality, priority need and l…
Places of Sanctuary for 'the Undeserving'? Homeless People's Day Centres and the Problem of Conditionality
This paper is an exploration of a dilemma that is central to the place of day centres in tackling single homelessness and raises issues for social work more generally. On the one hand, day centres provide vital services to a vulnerable group in a safe, non-threatening and non-judgemental setting; on the other hand, in doing so, they are believed to impede opportunities for personal change. The paper draws on findings from a research study which c…
Comparing Men's and Women's Experiences of Multiple Exclusion Homelessness
This article explores gender as a variable in multiple exclusion homelessness in England. Much past research has taken insufficient account of the gender of homeless people, especially the predominance of men in the single homeless population and of women heading homeless households with dependent children. Drawing on qualitative data generated in a study of multiple exclusion homelessness in London and Nottingham, the article considers three way…
Evangelical Christianity, Secular Humanism, and the Genesis of British Social Work
This paper is a reappraisal of the Christian origins of social work and, as such, is a contribution to writing the profession's history. It examines the competing ideological roots of the concept of ‘social work’ which emerged in late nineteenth-century Britain, and the extent to which they are derived from the Christian charitable tradition or its secular transformation. Two features of early social work are examined in particular depth: its mor…
Not Going It Alone: Social Integration and Tenancy Sustainability for Formerly Homeless Substance Users
This article draws on findings from a study of a specialised tenancy support service for homeless substance users in a Midlands city, and contributes to debates about what makes solutions to homelessness sustainable. Two approaches to tenancy support are examined: first, a resettlement model based on risk management; and, second, a restorative model which prioritises support that enables people to rebuild their lives in a more holistic sense. Con…
Beyond silent organizations: A reflection of the UK Chinese people and their community organizations
The UK Chinese community has long been perceived to have a high degree of solidarity and self-sufficiency. On the other hand, it is argued that the sense of community and mutual help among Chinese people has been weakened by their competitive approach to business. Based on findings from an ESRC-funded national study of the UK Chinese people's help-seeking behaviour, this study found that Chinese people, both where their population is dispersed an…
The support priorities of multiply excluded homeless people and their compatibility with support agency agendas – new research into multiple exclusion homelessness
Purpose This paper aims to throw light on the value of accommodation and support services and the likely consequences of their withdrawal. Design/methodology/approach Research was completed by a team of researchers from Nottingham Trent and Salford Universities under the Multiple Exclusion Homelessness programme funded by CLG, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Findings Agencies whose priorities are influ…
Working with creative creatures: Towards a Christian paradigm for social work theory, with some practical implications
In a previous article (Bowpitt, 1998), I examined the role of Evangelical Christianity as a neglected feature in the historical origins of social work in Britain, arguing that the secular humanist paradigm that came to dominate the profession for the bulk of the twentieth century goes a long way towards explaining that neglect but that the challenging of that dominant paradigm may throw light on the recent revival of interest in the importance of…
Choosing to be homeless? Persistent rough sleeping and the perverse incentives of social policy in England
Purpose With the temporary housing of rough sleepers in response to the Covid-19 emergency, some commentators have been tempted to believe that the rising population of rough sleepers in the UK has finally been reversed. This paper aims to examine the choices made by persistent rough sleepers and how far they are influenced by the perverse incentives of social policies, in order to challenge the view that they sleep rough out of choice. Design/me…
Evangelical Christianity, Secular Humanism, and the Genesis of British Social Work
This paper is a reappraisal of the Christian origins of social work and, as such, is a contribution to writing the profession's history. It examines the competing ideological roots of the concept of ‘social work’ which emerged in late nineteenth-century Britain, and the extent to which they are derived from the Christian charitable tradition or its secular transformation. Two features of early social work are examined in particular depth: its mor…
Working with creative creatures: Towards a Christian paradigm for social work theory, with some practical implications
In a previous article (Bowpitt, 1998), I examined the role of Evangelical Christianity as a neglected feature in the historical origins of social work in Britain, arguing that the secular humanist paradigm that came to dominate the profession for the bulk of the twentieth century goes a long way towards explaining that neglect but that the challenging of that dominant paradigm may throw light on the recent revival of interest in the importance of…
Human dignity and welfare systems
Human dignity and welfare systems
Welfare State without Dependency: The Case of the UK Chinese People
The present study was based on data from 100 face-to-face interviews, supplemented by findings from 316 respondents in a national postal survey, and shows that UK Chinese respondents were family-orientated and self-reliant, having low expectations of public welfare. These features challenge the myth of welfare dependency of ethnic minorities. Also, compared with Chinese welfare practices based on strong moral values and duties towards other peopl…
Beyond silent organizations: A reflection of the UK Chinese people and their community organizations
The UK Chinese community has long been perceived to have a high degree of solidarity and self-sufficiency. On the other hand, it is argued that the sense of community and mutual help among Chinese people has been weakened by their competitive approach to business. Based on findings from an ESRC-funded national study of the UK Chinese people's help-seeking behaviour, this study found that Chinese people, both where their population is dispersed an…
Christianity and Social Service in Modern Britain: The Disinherited Spirit by Frank Prochaska
On the margins of inclusion: Changing labour markets and social exclusion in London
Not Going It Alone: Social Integration and Tenancy Sustainability for Formerly Homeless Substance Users
This article draws on findings from a study of a specialised tenancy support service for homeless substance users in a Midlands city, and contributes to debates about what makes solutions to homelessness sustainable. Two approaches to tenancy support are examined: first, a resettlement model based on risk management; and, second, a restorative model which prioritises support that enables people to rebuild their lives in a more holistic sense. Con…
Faith in the Public Realm: Controversies, Policies and Practices – Edited by Adam Dinham, Robert Furbey and Vivien Lowndes
Comparing Men's and Women's Experiences of Multiple Exclusion Homelessness
This article explores gender as a variable in multiple exclusion homelessness in England. Much past research has taken insufficient account of the gender of homeless people, especially the predominance of men in the single homeless population and of women heading homeless households with dependent children. Drawing on qualitative data generated in a study of multiple exclusion homelessness in London and Nottingham, the article considers three way…
Some Useful Sources
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The support priorities of multiply excluded homeless people and their compatibility with support agency agendas – new research into multiple exclusion homelessness
Purpose This paper aims to throw light on the value of accommodation and support services and the likely consequences of their withdrawal. Design/methodology/approach Research was completed by a team of researchers from Nottingham Trent and Salford Universities under the Multiple Exclusion Homelessness programme funded by CLG, the Economic and Social Research Council and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Findings Agencies whose priorities are influ…
Disrupting Homelessness: Alternative Christian Approaches
This book is an attempt to bring Christian theological insights into debates about homelessness. Although written by a North American academic, its reflections will resonate with anyone who has a passion to understand and improve the lives of homeless people in developed, democratic societies. The author nevertheless directs her attention at a field of social involvement in which, in the case of the United States, Christian bodies play a very lar…
Christianity and the New Social Order: A manifesto for a fairer future – By John Atherton, Chris Baker and John Reader
Places of Sanctuary for 'the Undeserving'? Homeless People's Day Centres and the Problem of Conditionality
This paper is an exploration of a dilemma that is central to the place of day centres in tackling single homelessness and raises issues for social work more generally. On the one hand, day centres provide vital services to a vulnerable group in a safe, non-threatening and non-judgemental setting; on the other hand, in doing so, they are believed to impede opportunities for personal change. The paper draws on findings from a research study which c…
Rights, responsibilities and refusals: Homelessness policy and the exclusion of single homeless people with complex needs
Since 1977 homelessness legislation in England has offered limited statutory accommodation rights to unintentionally homeless people who are judged to be in priority need and able to demonstrate a local connection. Using data generated in interviews with homeless people and staff working to support them, this paper considers the impact of current homelessness policy and practice and explores how decisions about intentionality, priority need and l…
Choosing to be homeless? Persistent rough sleeping and the perverse incentives of social policy in England
Purpose With the temporary housing of rough sleepers in response to the Covid-19 emergency, some commentators have been tempted to believe that the rising population of rough sleepers in the UK has finally been reversed. This paper aims to examine the choices made by persistent rough sleepers and how far they are influenced by the perverse incentives of social policies, in order to challenge the view that they sleep rough out of choice. Design/me…
Exploring the impact of cultural beliefs in the self-management of type 2 diabetes among Black sub-Saharan Africans in the UK – a qualitative study informed by the PEN-3 cultural model
The study findings highlight the need to be not only aware of the negative impact of diabetes perceptions and health behaviours among the BsSA communities, but also be aware of the enabling factors and collective practices within the communities that are equally critical in influencing the self-management and health-seeking decisions of BsSAs living with T2D. PEN-3 model was significant with exploring not only how cultural context shapes health b…
Paths to resettlement: Understanding the Interplay of Work and Other Factors in Journeys Out of Homelessness
Paid employment has been viewed by successive governments in the UK as critical in making transitions out of homelessness, even when combined with problems like substance misuse, criminality or mental ill health. This article presents evidence from a study that sought to subject this belief to critical examination by exploring the relationship between promoting employability and other aspects of resettlement in the lives of a sample of thirty peo…
Sociology (18 works) · Political science (17 works) · Law (16 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Social science (8 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Public relations (6 works)