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Record Nr.

UNISA996517766603316

Autore

Teixeira Lígia

Titolo

Using Evidence to End Homelessness

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

1-4473-5410-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (274 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

CartwrightJames

Disciplina

362.59280941

Soggetti

Homelessness - Government policy

Homelessness - Great Britain

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- 1. The Impact Manifesto: doing the right things to end homelessness for good -- 2. A new approach to ending homelessness -- 3. Reform in the private rented sector -- 4. Houses, not homelessness -- 5. Loosening poverty's grip -- 6. A cross-party approach to homelessness -- 7. Contrasting traditions in homelessness research between the UK and US -- 8. Why evidence matters -- 9. A public health approach to homelessness -- 10. Data and evidence: what is possible in public policy? -- 11. Using evidence in social policy: from NICE to What Works -- 12. Charities and donors in evidence systems -- 13. Why transparency matters to knowledge mobilisation -- 14. Afterword -- Index -- Back cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Available open access under CC-BY-NC license. This book brings together the insights and experiences of a diverse group of of government leaders, academics and third sector practitioners to set out new evidence-based strategies and solutions to end homelessness for good.