Date of Award
2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
MA in Sociology
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
First Advisor
Anthony Rodriguez
Second Advisor
Judith DeSena
Abstract
The United Nations plays a major role in creating, changing, and challenging international discourse on social inequities and injustices. Homelessness has historically been an underrepresented social problem within the UN system. To date, no official definition has been established. How has discourse on homelessness been shaped at the UN, if no official definitions have been established? What are the implicit meanings that representatives have used over the years? Homelessness was ignored for many years at the United Nations, and when it was talked about it was described vaguely. How was the discourse on homelessness created and how has is changed? This study examines the culture of discourse production within the UN by focusing on the ways it has understood “homelessness” as a social issue.
Recommended Citation
Padgett Herz, Joanna Louise, "About Us Without Us: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Homelessness at the United Nations" (2021). Theses and Dissertations. 181.
https://scholar.stjohns.edu/theses_dissertations/181