Fairbanks, Robert P., II, 1968-

How it works recovering citizens in post-welfare Philadelphia / [electronic resource] : Robert P. Fairbanks II. - Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009. - x, 298 p.

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

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.


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


Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Social conditions--21st century.


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