Title: Beyond the Workhouse: Regulating Vagrancy in Goa Source: Asian Journal of Criminology. Sep 2012. Vol. 7. No. 3. Pages 205 - 233. By Julia Wardhaugh (Bangor University, Wales).
Summary: This study examines the social and legal regulation of homelessness, providing a case-study of Goa. Vagrancy is contrasted with the Portuguese religious charitable perspective adopted in Goa. This is complemented by a contemporary case-study of the regulation of homelessness in the state of Goa. Goa is described as the place where the 'new India' and the 'old India' meet, with affluent tourists (both Indian and Western) encountering the 'old India' of poverty and homelessness among the migrant workers who service the tourist industry. Full text at http://www.springerlink.com/content/7h626r3458053723/
