Participatory Governance of the 900 Pandora Block and the Street Community

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dc.contributor.authorCross, Geoff
dc.contributor.supervisorDavis, Lyn
dc.contributor.supervisorPauly, Bernadette M.
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-24T21:57:22Z
dc.date.available2015-02-24T21:57:22Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-02-24
dc.degree.departmentProgram: Dispute Resolutionen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn response to the continuing challenges of homelessness in Victoria, BC, a variety of homeless-serving agencies are active in the region. Community concerns about these services have given rise to the practice of developing Good Neighbour Agreements (‘GNA’) and forming Good Neighbour Groups (‘GNG’) with local community members to monitor the social services, mitigate conflict, and prevent undesired impacts on the neighbourhoods. Based in an interpretive description methodology using interviews and document analysis, the purpose of this research is to explore the involvement of the street community in the development of one GNA and subsequent governance activities of the associated GNG. Findings demonstrate that individuals from the street community generally have not been directly involved but instead represented by a local homeless-serving agency, a model of representation that has important limitations. Despite the lack of formal involvement, people from the street community continued to engage independently in neighbourhood matters, undertaking ongoing advocacy work that in turn helped to yield greater participation of the street community in the GNG.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0617en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0452en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0615en_US
dc.description.proquestemailcrossgeoff@yahoo.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/5889
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjecthomelessnessen_US
dc.subjectpovertyen_US
dc.subjectsocial inclusionen_US
dc.subjectparticipatory governanceen_US
dc.subjectgood neighbour agreementen_US
dc.subjectnon-profit managementen_US
dc.titleParticipatory Governance of the 900 Pandora Block and the Street Communityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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