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Author Smith, Alison (Professor of political science), author.

Title Multiple barriers : the multilevel governance of homelessness in Canada / Alison Smith.

Publication Info. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 365 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Studies in comparative political economy
Studies in comparative political economy and public policy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-346) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Homelessness -- Governance Matters -- Federal Government -- Vancouver -- Calgary -- Toronto -- Montreal -- Conclusion.
Summary "Despite decades of efforts to combat it, many people continue to experience homelessness in Canada's major cities. There are a number of barriers that prevent effective responses to homelessness, including a lack of agreement on the fundamental question: what is homelessness? In Multiple Barriers, Alison Smith explores the forces that shape intergovernmental and multilevel governance dynamics to help better understand why, despite the best of efforts of community and advocacy groups, homelessness remains as persistent as ever. Drawing on nearly 100 interviews with key actors in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal, as well as extensive participant observation, Smith argues that institutional differences across cities interact with ideas regarding homelessness to contribute to very different models of governance. Multiple Barriers shows that the genuine involvement of locally based service providers, with the development of policy, are necessary for an effective, equitable, and enduring solution to the homelessness crisis in Canada."-- Provided by publisher.
Note Print version record.
Subject Homelessness -- Government policy -- Canada.
Homeless persons -- Government policy -- Canada.
Homeless persons -- Services for -- Government policy -- Canada.
Itinérance (CaQQLa)000265697 -- Politique gouvernementale (CaQQLa)000265697 -- Canada. (CaQQLa)201-0407174
Sans-abri (CaQQLa)201-0372554 -- Politique gouvernementale (CaQQLa)201-0372554 -- Canada. (CaQQLa)201-0407174
Sans-abri (CaQQLa)201-0191088 -- Services (CaQQLa)201-0191088 -- Politique gouvernementale (CaQQLa)201-0377503 -- Canada. (CaQQLa)201-0407174
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian
Homeless persons -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00959455
Homeless persons -- Services for -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00959483
Homelessness -- Government policy. (OCoLC)fst00959550
Canada. (OCoLC)fst01204310
Other Form: Print version: Smith, Alison (Professor of political science). Multiple barriers. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022 1487542437 (OCoLC)1280274140
ISBN 9781487548742 (electronic bk.)
1487548745 (electronic bk.)
1487542437
9781487542436
1487542429
9781487542429
Standard No. AU@ 000072296105

 
    
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