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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in comparative political economy and public policyPublisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022Description: 1 online resource (xii, 365 pages) : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781487548742
  • 1487548745
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Multiple barriers.LOC classification:
  • HV4509
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [319]-346) and index.

Introduction -- Homelessness -- Governance Matters -- Federal Government -- Vancouver -- Calgary -- Toronto -- Montreal -- Conclusion.

"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.

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