Boekbespreking: Tonkens, E. (2009). Spugen op kleine leiders. Tien kortsluitingen in een opgewonden samenleving. Verzamelde columns. Amsterdam: Van Gennep

What would you do if you were unable to pay your rent and you were threatened with home-eviction? Would you ask you family or close friends for help, or would you prefer the professional help of a social worker? Or maybe both? What kind of support can family, friends, neighbors, offer in a situation …

Londen kreeg met een harde aanpak van repressie en activering zijn daklozen van de straat. Parijs koestert ondertussen de een invoelende bejegening van de clochard. Lia van Doorn verbleef 6 maanden in Parijs en legde samen met Evelien Tonkens drie werkbezoeken af in Londen. En: gaat Nederland Engeland …

On the eve of the twenty-first century, it is a scandal that there are still people sleeping rough on our streets. This is not a situation we can continue to tolerate in a modern and civil society. These were the words of Tony Blair in his foreword to the policy document Rough Sleeping, The Government’s …