Blau - Böcker

Addressing one of the most pressing and publicized social issues of our times, Joel Blau focuses on the institutional response of major American cities to the problem of homelessness. Blau first examines the national causes of homelessness, and then turns to the experience of New York - the city with the gravest crisis and the most ambitious response to date - to illustrate the impediments to long-term solutions nationwide.

Why, in an era of downsized corporation, stagnant wages, and decreasing job security, do Americans continue to embrace free market capitalism? Professor Joel Blau attempts to explain the paradoxical relationship between America's love of unrestrained capitalism and the real effects it has on the daily lives of American workers. Professor Blau argues that a more proactive government -- one that cares for its citizens with social programmes and safety nets -- is needed to compensate for the economic instability bred by unchecked capitalist expansion.