Common Ground in Australia: An Object Lesson in Evidence Hierarchies and Policy Transfer

Housing Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-87

  Parsell, Cameron ^a   Fitzpatrick, Suzanne ^b   Busch Geertsema, Volker ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Association for Innovative Social Research GISS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Common Ground; evidence hierarchies; homelessness; international policy transfer

Indexed keywords

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOMELESSNESS; HOUSING POLICY; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL HOUSING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84892670020     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2013.824558     Document Type: Article

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