| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Ending Homelessness?: The Contrasting Experiences of Denmark, Finland and Ireland -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Ending homelessness? Policy and progress in Denmark, Finland and Ireland -- Introduction -- Managing homelessness -- Understanding the dynamics and drivers of homelessness -- Alternative interpretations of homelessness: ethnographic and longitudinal research -- Critique of service responses -- The emergence of Housing First -- Rethinking homelessness services: research and practice |
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Ending homelessness: policy and progress in Denmark, Finland and Ireland -- Notes -- 2 Before the goal of 'ending homelessness': the evolution of policy -- Introduction -- The 20th century -- Denmark -- Finland -- Ireland -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 The strategies described -- Introduction -- The initial strategies -- The Danish homelessness strategy -- The Finnish Paavo I strategy -- The Irish strategy: The Way Home -- Management of the strategies -- The second phase: 2012-15 -- Denmark -- Finland -- Ireland -- The third phase: 2016-18 -- Denmark -- Finland -- Ireland |
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Reviewing Rebuilding Ireland -- Shelters, hubs and managing homelessness -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Trends in homelessness in Denmark, Finland and Ireland -- Introduction -- Measuring homelessness and trends in Denmark, 2009-19 -- Shelter data collected since 1999 -- Homelessness counts every second year since 2007 -- Measuring homelessness and trends in Finland, 2008-18 -- Measuring homelessness and trends in Ireland, 2008-18 -- Quarterly performance reports -- Exits from homelessness -- Monthly reports -- Limitations of the monthly reports -- Quarterly financial reports |
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Conclusion and comparison -- Notes -- 5 Explanations: housing matters -- Introduction -- The role of Housing First -- Housing First in Finland -- Finnish Housing First and public housing -- Scale -- Criticisms of Finnish Housing First -- Housing First in Denmark -- Intensity of support -- Public housing -- Systemic integration -- Scale -- Housing First in Ireland -- Public housing -- Scale -- Systemic integration -- The broader role of affordable and social housing -- Social and affordable housing in Finland -- Social and affordable housing in Denmark -- Social and affordable housing in Ireland |
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Social housing allocations -- The role of private rented housing in Ireland -- Protecting tenancies -- Preventing homelessness -- Providing tenancies -- Rent Pressure Zones -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Explanations: welfare and politics matter -- Introduction -- The welfare state and homelessness in Denmark -- The welfare state and homelessness in Finland -- The welfare state and homelessness in Ireland -- Political and administrative decision-making structures -- Denmark -- Finland -- Ireland -- Conclusion -- 7 Conclusion -- Introduction -- The global financial crisis |
| Summary |
Providing an in-depth exploration of the experiences of Ireland, Denmark and Finland in their various initiatives designed to end homelessness, this text presents an authoritative comparative account of policies and strategies that have worked, along with an exposition of those that have not |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 04, 2020) |
| Subject |
Homelessness -- Ireland
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Homelessness -- Denmark
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Homelessness -- Finland
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Homelessness -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Ireland
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Homelessness -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Denmark
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Homelessness -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Finland
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.
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Homelessness
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Denmark
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Finland
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Ireland
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Benjaminsen, Lars, author.
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O'Sullivan, Eoin, author.
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Pleace, Nicholas, 1965- author.
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| ISBN |
1447347188 |
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9781447347187 |
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9781447347194 |
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1447347196 |
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