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Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North
Julia Christensen (Edited by), Sally Carraher (Edited by), Travis Hedwig (Edited by), Steven Arnfjord (Edited by)
9781487552893
Paperback / softback, published 18 January 2024
338 pages, 1 b&w illustrations, 1 b&w map, 6 b&w figures, 20 b&w tables
22.6 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.46 kg
Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North brings together leading scholars on northern urban housing across the Canadian North, Alaska, and Greenland. Through various case studies, the contributors examine the ways in which housing insecurity and homelessness provide a critical lens on the social dimensions of northern urbanization. They also present key considerations in the development of effective and sustainable social policy for these areas. The book kickstarts a conversation between multiple stakeholders from different cultural and national regions across the North American north. It asks key questions including these: What are the common problems of, and responses to, housing insecurity and homelessness across these northern regions? Is a single definition of "homelessness" even possible, or desirable? And if not, can a shared language around how to end the housing crisis and homelessness in our northern regions still occur? The contributors explore how experiences of northern towns and cities inform an overall understanding of urban forms and processes in the contemporary world, and speak directly to the emerging body of literature on cities. Highlighting key limitations to federal, state, and provincial policy, Housing, Homelessness, and Social Policy in the Urban North raises important implications for developing policy that is responsive to northern realities.
Introduction Regional Introduction: The Canadian North 1: It’s a Tough Game: Navigating Housing Monopolies in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada 2: Responding to Homelessness in Yellowknife: Pushing the Ocean Back with a Spoon 3: An "Urban" Issue, and the Issue with "Urban": Contextualizing Homelessness in Whitehorse 4: Homelessness, Mobility, and Migration from the James Bay 5: A Different Kind of "Ecological Refugee": Land Claims, Migration, and Inequalities in Northern Labrador 6: Making Place Home: The Contradictions of Inuit Housing in a Liberal Democracy Section Two: Alaska Regional Introduction: Alaska 7: Northern Voices on Homelessness: Engaging the Public and Promoting Inclusivity for Homeless Alaskans in Public Discourse 8: Differing Meanings of Housing First: Lessons Learned from a Single-Site Program Evaluation in Anchorage, Alaska 9: Alaska Is a Very Small Town: Moving Towards an Understanding of Homelessness in the Urban North Section Three: Greenland Regional Introduction: Greenland 10: In Search of Security: Women’s Homelessness in Nuuk, Greenland 11: Welfare Colonialism and Geographies of Homelessness in Nuuk, Greenland
Section One: The Canadian North
Julia Christensen
Lisa Freeman and Julia Christensen
Nick Falvo
Alexandra Nelson
Carol Kauppi, Michael Hankard, and Henri Pallard
Joshua Moses
Frank Tester
Sally Carraher and Travis Hedwig
Sally Carraher and Travis Hedwig
Travis Hedwig
Clare Dannenberg
Steven Arnfjord and Julia Christensen
Steven Arnfjord and Julia Christensen
Julia Christensen, Steven Arnfjord, and Marie-Louise Aastrup
Conclusion
Epilogue: Homelessness across the Arctic in the Shadow of COVID-19