Organizing homeless people: Exploring the emergence of a user organization in Denmark

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-50

  Anker, Jørgen ^a  

^a Rambøll Management ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Homelessness; Interest organization; Social movements; User participation; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

HOMELESSNESS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; WELFARE IMPACT;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37848999889     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018307085506     Document Type: Article

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