Policies and programmes to end homelessness in Australia: Learning from international practice

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-194

  Parsell, Cameron ^a   Jones, Andrew ^a   Head, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Homelessness; Homelessness programmes; Policy convergence; Social programmes; Street to Home

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874688802     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2012.00884.x     Document Type: Article

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