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How it works : recovering citizens in post-welfare Philadelphia / Robert P. Fairbanks II.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fairbanks, Robert P., II, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Self-help housing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Self-help housing.
- Self-help housing--Political aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Recovery movement--Political aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Recovery movement.
- Social settlements--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Social settlements.
- Informal sector (Economics)--Political aspects.
- Informal sector (Economics).
- Substance abuse treatment facilities.
- Government policy.
- Alcoholics--Rehabilitation.
- Welfare recipients--Housing.
- Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Social conditions--21st century.
- Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.).
- Welfare recipients--Housing--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Welfare recipients.
- Alcoholics--Rehabilitation--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Alcoholics.
- Substance abuse treatment facilities--Government policy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Informal sector (Economics)--Political aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- Pennsylvania.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 298 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The making of AHAD
- "How it works": the basic architecture of the Kensington recovery house system
- The art of building programmatic space
- The persistent failures of the recovery house system: low-wage labor, relapse, and "the wreckage of the past"
- Unruly spaces of managed persistence
- Statecraft/self-craft: policy transfer in the recovery house movement
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version: How it works.
- ISBN:
- 0226234118
- 9780226234113
- Publisher Number:
- 99944264856
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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