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Homelessness, Public Space and Civil Disobedience.
- Source :
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Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour . Dec2023, Vol. 53 Issue 4, p506-519. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper argues that anti‐social behaviour, in the context of homelessness, ought to be seen as acts of civil disobedience. Firstly, I identify public space as a hostile space for people experiencing homelessness. Secondly, I detail how this reveals a default interpretation of them as anti‐social through their mere presence. Thirdly, I explore how this de‐politicises. I go onto define and examine civil disobedience theory, as a counter narrative to anti‐social behaviour. I then argue how acts of disruption by people experiencing homelessness in public space can qualify as civil disobedience. I acknowledge this as a wicked problem but claim that flipping the default framing of homelessness in this way has normative gain, undoing the de‐politicising othering that anti‐social behaviour narratives have caused. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CIVIL disobedience
*PUBLIC spaces
*HOMELESSNESS
*HOMELESS persons
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218308
- Volume :
- 53
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 174203310
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12381