Concept of Homelessness and Analysis

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Concept of Homelessness and Analysis
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CONCEPT OF HOMELESSNESS AND ANALYSIS
Table of Contents
Introduction...................................................................................................................................1
Discussion.....................................................................................................................................1
Conflict Theory Perspective......................................................................................................1
Feminist Perspective.................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................4

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CONCEPT OF HOMELESSNESS AND ANALYSIS
Introduction
Problem of homelessness is very rampant in Canada resulting in drug addiction,
prolonged mental illness. Statistics have revealed that nearly 35,000 people in Canada suffer
from the crisis of homelessness (Stage, 2015). Many people have blamed the Canadian
government for their problem of coping up with increasing number of homeless people in
Canada. Problem Statement: homelessness and mental imbalance and social alienation
amongst people in Canada.
Discussion
The problem of homelessness would be assessed from two perspectives: conflict theory
perspective and feminist perspective to obtain two different understanding of the situation.
Conflict Theory Perspective
There are number of well-renowned perspectives on the concept of homelessness
among the mentally un-well people. Some of the widely exploited perspectives are the
sociological perspectives on homelessness, feminist perspectives, conflict based perspectives,
symbolist interactional perspectives and functionalist perspectives. If one views homeless from
the standpoint of conflict theory, he/she can be able to witness a contradiction in the entirety of
homelessness (Sørensen & Torfing, 2016). The theory suggests that masters at the core level
systematically exploit the workers depriving them of their mental recreation and basic
sustenance elements. Whereas on the other hand the people are of the opinion that they are
properly supplied with and taken care of by their masters and they slowly become dependent on
their capitalistic masters for their life sustenance. Other theorists believe that homelessness and
poverty resulting in psychological imbalance is a failure of capitalistic society and their
inability to are results of the masters’ inability to cope up with economic instability in the