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Interessen wohnungsloser Menschen im Spannungsfeld von Anwaltschaft, Mitbestimmung und Selbstvertretung

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  • Benz, Benjamin
  • Toens, Katrin

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The article provides an introduction to specific settings and basic possibilities to represent the interests of homeless people. Three case studies are discussed, namely a day centre for homeless women in the city of Karlsruhe, an initiative to build housing for the homeless in the city of Cologne, and a nation-wide model for the self-representation of the interests of homeless people. The examples demonstrate different target-oriented and universal strategies of the politics of interest representation by advocacy, co-determination, and self-advocacy in different contexts and on different levels of policy making. They also reveal substantial restrictions and potential regarding specific subgroups of homeless people, such as women, people from other EU member states, and people who (used to) live on the streets. Finally, it is discussed whether the conventional criteria for describing the strength or respectively the weakness of interests are sustainable or whether they need to become complemented by additional criteria in order to adequately describe interest representation in social work and social services for the homeless.

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  • Benz, Benjamin & Toens, Katrin, 2022. "Interessen wohnungsloser Menschen im Spannungsfeld von Anwaltschaft, Mitbestimmung und Selbstvertretung," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 75(1), pages 12-19.
    • Handle: RePEc:nms:wsimit:10.5771/0342-300x-2022-1-12
    DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2022-1-12
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