How It Works : Recovering Citizens in Post-Welfare Philadelphia.

How It Works : Recovering Citizens in Post-Welfare Philadelphia.

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Of the some sixty thousand vacant properties in Philadelphia, half of them are abandoned row houses. Taken as a whole, these derelict homes symbolize the city's plight in the wake of industrial decline. But a closer look reveals a remarkable new phenomenon-street-level entrepreneurs repurposing...

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Author / Creator: Fairbanks, Robert P.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Self-help housing > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Self-help housing > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Recovery movement > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Social settlements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Welfare recipients > Housing > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Alcoholics > Rehabilitation > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Substance abuse treatment facilities > Government policy > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Making of AHAD
  • 2. "How It Works": The Basic Architecture of the Kensington Recovery House System
  • 3. The Art of Building Programmatic Space
  • 4. The Persistent Failures of the Recovery House System: Low-Wage Labor, Relapse, and "the Wreckage of the Past
  • 5. Unruly Spaces of Managed Persistence
  • 6. Statecraft/Self-Craft: Policy Transfer in the Recovery House Movement
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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