In:
International Social Work, SAGE Publications, Vol. 60, No. 6 ( 2017-11), p. 1443-1456
Abstract:
Although Canada is one of the top 10 trading nations in the global economy, homelessness continues to be a significant social problem. To understand this paradox, we examine academic debates on best practices, the genesis and sociocultural contexts of recent policies, and community-based homeless services. Our critical review unveils the underlying ideology of service provision: the meta-discourse of neoliberalism, which results in time-limited programs, divorced from community needs, with an ad hoc development of services. We resist this discourse by highlighting how a social work commitment to social justice can mitigate the new neoliberal requirements in homeless services delivery.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0020-8728
,
1461-7234
DOI:
10.1177/0020872817706406
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2017
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2050567-X
detail.hit.zdb_id:
281200-9
SSG:
3,4
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