The socio-spatial stigmatization of homelessness and HIV/AIDS: Toward an explanation of the NIMBY syndrome

Lois M. Takahashi

Social Science & Medicine, 1997, vol. 45, issue 6, 903-914

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: socio-spatial; stigmatization; homelessness; HIV/AIDS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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