In my bachelor thesis, I am thinking about the connection between neoliberal policies and the stigma experienced by the homeless, starting from the foundations of (neo)liberalism. I set up a neoliberal framework within I later understand homeless people as a part of modern society. I also base my analysis on the psychological ideal of liberalism, which Beauvois described in 2000 in his work Traité de la servitude libérale. These include the individualization of responsibility for one's actions and one's starting point, as well as the internalization of these and other values, which the author defines as liberal, and which I myself bring into the neoliberal context. I present the internal value as a social norm. I further contextualize homelessness as a social phenomenon in time and space. I am thinking about the risk factors for the emergence of a homeless situation and the significant stigmatization that, according to Goffman, befalls a marginalized homeless person. On the example of short statements by homeless people in the newspaper Kralji ulice, I am thinking about how homeless people see themselves, how society view them and what influence this, the social self, has on their self-image.
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