Despite decades of efforts to combat homelessness, many people continue to experience it
in Canada's major cities. There are a number of barriers that prevent effective responses to …

Proponents of social capital theory have long argued not only that it is in the best interest of
civic life to build social capital but also that social capital is vital for the economic health of …

The Welsh criminal justice system is unique. While the country has its own devolved
government and parliament, there is no Welsh equivalent of the Scottish or Northern Irish …

This study analyzes the influence of Canadian provincial governance structures on support
services for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Following multilevel …

Education policies are increasingly characterized as complex and dynamic, involving a
multitude of actors and policy networks. As a result, there is a growing demand in education …

Urban sustainability is a priority for cities, challenging public administrators to coordinate
action on environmental policy, economic development and social policy. Multilevel …

The multilevel governance literature has matured into a widely used analytical framework for
investigating policy processes that span multiple tiers of jurisdiction. However, there are still …

Rurality, at its core, is a spatial concept. Arguably, the two main dimensions of the spatial
view of rurality are (low) density and/or (long) distance-to-density. From this perspective …

This paper revisits the conventional notion of accountability rooted in bureaucratic and
hierarchical structures of government and advances an alternative conceptualization more …

This paper examines Canada's evolving regional policy, focusing on flexibility and
adaptability. Flexibility denotes the system's capacity to adapt over time to shifting policy …