Building a Collaborative Advantage

Carey Doberstein is an assistant professor of political science at UBC on the Okanagan campus. He has received awards and honours for his public policy research from the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (IPAC), Canadian Public Administration, and the Canadian Association of Programs in Public Administration (CAPPA).

Building a Collaborative Advantage is an essential read for those interested in modern forms of governance and policy development. It also is an important contribution to the literature on homelessness, complementing recent research on the history of housing policy and the impact of advocacy networks on homelessness policy.

Caroline Andrew, director of the Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa, and author of Accounting for Culture: Thinking through Cultural Citizenship:
Carey Doberstein adds considerably to debates on homelessness policy by shining a light on network governance theory and illustrating what happens when it is, and is not, put into action.

Charles Conteh, associate professor of political science at Brock University and author of Policy Governance in Multi-level Systems: Economic Development and Policy Implementation in Canada:
By investigating the network properties of homelessness governance in three Canadian cities – Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary – Doberstein provides keen insights that not only contribute to existing network governance research but also offer practical solutions to the challenges of governing homelessness. The book is impressive in its theoretical scope and empirical depth.