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Fitzpatrick, Suzanne and Kennedy, Catherine (2001) The links between begging and rough sleeping: a question of legitimacy? Housing Studies, 16 (5). pp. 549-568. ISSN 02673037
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Begging is one of the most potent, and controversial, symbols of social exclusion in modern British society. This paper concentrates on the relationship between begging and rough sleeping. This focus was selected because moral debates concerning the 'legitimacy' of begging now seem inextricably bound up with the perceived accommo dation status of people begging as either 'roofless' or 'housed'. The paper draws upon a recent qualitative study in Glasgow and Edinburgh city centres which demonstrated a close relationship between begging and rough sleeping, and the complex needs and desperate circumstances of the people engaged in these activities. It challenges prevailing assumptions regarding the 'legitimacy' of begging arguing that, while begging appears to be largely confined to street homeless people in Glasgow and Edinburgh city centres, this does not undermine the moral imperative to meet the needs of the 'housed poor' who may beg elsewhere
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Print ISSN: | 02673037 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Begging; Rough Sleeping; Legitimacy; Social Problems; |
| University Divisions/Research Centres: | Faculty of Health, Life & Social Sciences > School of Health and Social Sciences |
| Dewey Decimal Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 304 Factors affecting social behavior 300 Social sciences > 360 Social problems & social services > 361 Social problems & social welfare in general 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 300 Social sciences |
| Library of Congress Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Item ID: | 2224 |
| Depositing User: | RAE Import |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2008 10:42 |
| Last Modified: | 08 Apr 2011 11:26 |
| URI: | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2224 |
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