OF ALCOHOL AND MEN – SURVIVAL, MASCULINITIES AND ANTI-INSTITUTIONALISM OF POLISH HOMELESS MEN IN A GLOBAL CITY
OF ALCOHOL AND MEN – SURVIVAL, MASCULINITIES AND ANTI-INSTITUTIONALISM OF POLISH HOMELESS MEN IN A GLOBAL CITY
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酒精与男性的关系——全球城市中波兰无家可归男性的生存、男子气概和反制度主义
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2011
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M. Garapich
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M. Garapich
The emergence of the issue of homelessness and rough sleeping among migrants from Accession States, most notably from Poland refl ected in recent homeless services agencies’ statistics (Homeless Link 2006, 2008, 2010) the media attention (Ramesh 2010), increased local and central government funding for reconnection projects (Thames Reach 2010) and intensifi cation of forced removal practices undertaken by British immigration police (UKBA) is one of the consequences of the opening of the British labour market to 10 Accession states in 2004 and 2007 that has been overlooked for some time. It took a dramatic increase in number of rough sleepers in the last two years for alarm bells to start ringing. The fact that one in four London rough sleepers is now from A8 EU states (Homeless Link 2010), and in some day centres in the capital half or more clients are from A8 countries (Garapich 2010), with a striking dominance of Polish nationals, really begs an explanation as to why this is occurring. With turbulent times ahead in terms of both the economy as well as public spending cuts, conceived and implemented by the British coalition government, the crucial question would thus be: is this a steady cumulative growth which will get worse or just a oneoff rise which will eventually level off in time, in similar way as homelessness in London in the mid-80s was dealt with rather successfully (Fitzpatrick 2000) although mechanisms employed then were of an interventionist and aggressive nature designed to ‘remove’ the undesirable people from urban spaces (Cloke, May, Johnsen 2010; May 2000).