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How it works : recovering citizens in post-welfare Philadelphia /

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Author / Creator: Fairbanks, Robert P., II, 1968-
Format: Book
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.
Informal sector (Economics) > Political aspects.
Informal sector (Economics)
Substance abuse treatment facilities.
Government policy.
Alcoholics > Rehabilitation.
Welfare recipients > Housing.
Social settlements.
Recovery movement.
Self-help housing.
Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Welfare recipients > Housing > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Alcoholics > Rehabilitation > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Substance abuse treatment facilities > Government policy > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Informal sector (Economics) > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania.
Table of 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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