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Check out these sources for relevant research, information and commentary on INSP, street papers and related issues of homelessness, independent media and global poverty.

Articles and Essays

• 'Against Giant Odds, A Touch of Triumph' By Sanjay Suri 
• 'Reporting From The Ground Up: The power of street reporting' By Silja J.A. Talvi 
• ‘Big Issue to be Sold on Streets of India' 
• ‘Homeless Newspapers Head Uptown' 
• The Harvard Crimson on the street paper ‘Spare Change' 
• Measuring Quality of Services and Provision in Homelessness
• Fifth Review of Statistics on Homelessness in Europe by the European Observatory on Homelessness      
• Measuring Homelessness in Europe, Edgar W, Harrison M, Watson P and Busch-Geertsema, V (2006) European Commission, DG Employment and Social Affairs, Brussels
• Homelessness Statistics in Ireland: national report for the European Observatory on Homelessness, O'Sullivan, E (2003), FEANTSA, Brussels
• Homelessness Statistics in Italy: national report for the European Observatory on Homelessness, Tosi, A (2003), FEANTSA, Brussel     
• A Dream Denied: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities (USA)
• Poverty Vs. Pathology: What's "Chronic" About Homelessness: The NHC asserts that the terminology ‘chronic homelessness'  is damaging to the understanding of the homeless situation, as well as negatively affecting the policies that are in place to protect this population.

Books

• Green, Norma Fay. "Chicago's StreetWise at the Crossroads: A Case Study of a Newspaper to Empower the Homeless in the 1990s." Print Culture in a Diverse America. Danky, James P. and Wayne A. Wiegand, eds. Urbana: U of Illinois Press, 1998.
• Mathieu, Paula Jean. "Questions of empowerment: Teaching writing at a ‘homeless' community newspaper." Diss. U of Illinois, 2001.
• Swithinbank, Tessa. Coming Up From the Streets: The Story of The Big Issue. London: Earthscan, 2001.
• Torck, Daniele. "Voices of homeless people in street newspapers: a cross-cultural exploration." Discourse and Society 12 (2001)
• Stringer, Lee. Grand Central Winter: Stories From the Street. New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998
• Kramer, Eric Mark & Soobum Lee. "Homelessness: The Other as Object." Reading the Homeless: The Media's Image of Homeless Culture. Ed. Min, Eungjun. Westport, Conn: Prager, 1999.
• Blau, J. (1992) The Visible Poor. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Young, Mel (2005) Goal! The Story of the Homeless World Cup: Birlinn Ltd

Multimedia and Film

• The INSP Street Paper Awards
• A documentary from the US's Denver Voice
• Liz Murray: Homeless to Harvard 

Related Links

• FEANTSA 
• National Coalition for the Homeless (USA)
• The European Anti-Poverty Network
• UK homelessness figures
• Scottish Government Statistics on Homelessness
• The United Nations Human Settlements Programme

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