
Multiple Barriers
The Multilevel Governance of Homelessness in Canada
Alison Smith(Author)
University of Toronto Press
Published on 16. June 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
382 pages
978-1-4875-4243-6 (ISBN)
Description
Despite decades of efforts to combat homelessness, many people continue to experience it 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 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.
In Multiple Barriers, Alison Smith explores the forces that shape intergovernmental and multilevel governance dynamics to help better understand why, despite the best 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.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
3 b&w figures, 2 b&w tables
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4875-4243-6 (9781487542436)
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Person
Alison Smith is an assistant professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
Content
1. Introduction
2. Homelessness
3. Governance Matters
4. Federal Government
5. Vancouver
6. Calgary
7. Toronto
8. Montreal
Conclusion: Filling the Prescription
Appendix 1: List of Interviews
Bibliography
2. Homelessness
3. Governance Matters
4. Federal Government
5. Vancouver
6. Calgary
7. Toronto
8. Montreal
Conclusion: Filling the Prescription
Appendix 1: List of Interviews
Bibliography