Down and Out in Los Angeles and Berlin by Jurgen von Mahs PAPERBACK

Down and Out in Los Angeles and BerlinThe Sociospatial Exclusion of Homeless People\nAuthor(s): Jurgen von Mahs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S., United States\nImprint: Temple University Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9781439908273, 978-1439908273\nSynopsis\nLos Angeles, California, and Berlin, Germany, have been dubbed \""homeless capitals\"" for having the largest homeless populations of their respective countries. In Down and Out in Los Angeles and Berlin, Jurgen von Mahs provides an illuminating comparative analysis of the impact of social welfare policy on homelessness in these cities. He addresses the opportunity of people to overcome-or \""exit\""-homelessness and shows why Berlin, despite its considerable social and economic investment for assisting its homeless, has been almost as unsuccessful as Los Angeles. Drawing on fascinating ethnographic insights, von Mahs shows how homeless people in both cities face sociospatial exclusion-legal displacement for crimina.