Un point sur les premiers travaux sociologiques français à propos des sans-domicile fixes

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ID4241669
AuthorsPascale Pichon (0000-0002-1074-3479, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume30
Issue2
Pages95-109
Publication date1998-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociétés contemporaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1150-1944 • E-ISSN: 1950-6899
PublisherCAIRN (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3917/soco.p1998.30n1.0095
OpenAlexW4390375740
LanguageFR
Citations received7
References cited2

An overview of the first French sociological works on the homeless Since the 1990' s, research on homeless people has been developed in France. This article reports the first qualitative approaches, most of them supported by the research branch of the French Housing Department, the Plan Urbain. To understand such a "social problem", we first need to describe thoroughly the diversity of social circumstances in which the homeless find themselves, while keeping in mind the views of the people being interviewed. This paper summarizes the contributions and the limits of this work, placing it within its social context as well as noting its relationship with the sociology of poverty. We focus on the effects of survival in the streets as well as the relationships between the homeless and the social services. We think it is important to understand the changes in identity faced by the homeless, due not only to their living conditions but also to the methods of social welfare developed for them

Geography · Humanities · Political science · Poverty · Sociology · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Anthropology · French Urban and Social Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Philosophy · Social Policies and Family

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