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.

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.

Substance abuse treatment facilities.

Informal sector (Economics)--Political aspects--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Informal sector (Economics).

Physical Description:

x, 298 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-292) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Fairbanks, Robert P., II, 1968- How it works.

ISBN:

9780226234083 (hardcover : alk. paper)

0226234088 (hardcover. : alk. paper)

9780226234090 (pbk. : alk. paper)

0226234096 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

298128773