Can the Finnish Way to Reduce Homelessness Work in Canada? The Limits of Power Resource Approaches in a Time of Economic Crisis
dc.contributor.author | Dekker, Tara | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-05T14:02:55Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-10-05T14:02:55Z | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10464/18158 | |
dc.description.abstract | Widespread homelessness is at crisis levels amongst advanced capitalist nations, indicating that the promise of neoliberal prosperity is deeply flawed. While Canada’s Liberal tradition is ineffective in combatting homelessness, Finland, a Social Democratic tradition, has successfully decreased its homeless population. This research paper evaluates the possibility of policy adoption between liberal and social democratic traditions to reduce homelessness by employing a political-economy-informed, comparative welfare state analysis. I argue that we must proceed with caution as policies do not always travel well because of the varying political and economic contexts arising from the histories of class struggle. I also argue that policies to solve homelessness are relatively limited because of the crisis-prone and contradictory nature of capitalism and the subsequent welfare state. My findings suggest that Finland’s robust working-class power resources, expressed in parliamentary and extra-parliamentary power, have been vital in homelessness reduction policy development but will inevitably meet their limits. | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Homelessness, Neoliberalism, Power Resources, Social Democracy, Welfare State | en_US |
dc.title | Can the Finnish Way to Reduce Homelessness Work in Canada? The Limits of Power Resource Approaches in a Time of Economic Crisis | en_US |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-10-05T00:00:00Z |