Understanding the meta-discourse driving homeless policies and programs in Toronto, Canada
The neoliberal management of social service delivery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9972776 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marjorie Johnstone (0000-0001-9680-8327, York University, corresponding author), Eunjung Lee (0000-0002-6003-4822, University of Toronto), Jo Connelly (Inner City Family Health Team, Canada) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1443-1456 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020872817706406 |
| OpenAlex | W2618250290 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 17 |
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
Critical discourse analysis · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Ideology · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Service (business · Service delivery framework · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Public Administration · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
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| Citations per year | 1.67 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |