The socio-spatial stigmatization of homelessness and HIV/AIDS: toward an explanation of the NIMBY syndrome.
A central element of community response to controversial human service facilities is the socio-spatial construction of stigma. This paper develops a conceptual framework for understanding the constitution and role of stigma in community rejection of human services, particularly those associated with homelessness and HIV/AIDS. Three facets of stigma concerning homelessness and HIV/ AIDS (non-productivity, dangerousness, and personal culpability) are offered as a way of understanding the rising tide of community rejection toward human service facilities.
Takahashi
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Department of Urban and Regional Planning, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine 92697-7075, USA.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D003153:Community Health Services; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice; D014481:United States