I'm taking a Sociology course (Social Inequality) at my University, and the reading are SUPER dry and I'm having a really hard time getting through them. This is about the 5th time I've tried to sit down and read this, but I keep realizing I don't even know what I'm reading, and then I have to back up and read it over again. The article is titled "The Annihilation of Space by Law: Anti-Homeless Laws and the Shrinking Landscape of Rights " by Don Mitchell, pages 161-194. It's a scanned document that was uploaded to my course web page, but I'm confident it could be found elsewhere. I'm supposed to focus on these two questions:

• How does Mitchell relate class, neoliberal globalization, and anti-homelessness laws in the US?

• Discuss Seattle’s restrictions on public behavior using the class, globalization, anti-homelessness framework developed above.

I would GREATLY appreciate either a simplified explanation, or even an easier to understand link on the subject. I've been trying all weekend to get this reading done, and it's been the death of me. Anything that would help me understand this in preparation for class discussion/upcoming finals would be AWESOME.