Jackson, E. (2012) Fixed in mobility: young homeless people and the city. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 36(4), pp. 725-741. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01124.x)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01124.x
Abstract
This article argues that although the lives of young homeless people are characterized by high levels of mobility, when examined closely movement is also revealed as heavily restricted. While a network of agencies moves the young people around the city, the official borders of borough councils and the non-official territories of young people feed into an experience of London as a series of exclusionary bounded areas. Within the accounts of the young people, mobility is talked of as a resource but also in terms of loss and dislocation. The article argues for going beyond the opposition of mobility/fixity in order to examine how some people become fixed in mobility.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Jackson, Dr Emma |
| Authors: | Jackson, E. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences |
| Journal Name: | International Journal of Urban and Regional Research |
| ISSN: | 0309-1317 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1468-2427 |
| Published Online: | 17 May 2012 |
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