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Description

1. 1 online resource (x, 298 p.)

Uniform title

1. How it works (Online)

Alternative title

1. How it works (Online)

Subject

1. Self-help housing > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
2. Self-help housing > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
3. Recovery movement > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
4. Social settlements > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
5. Welfare recipients > Housing > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
6. Alcoholics > Rehabilitation > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
7. Substance abuse treatment facilities > Government policy > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
8. Informal sector (Economics) > Political aspects > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
9. Kensington (Philadelphia, Pa.) > Social conditions > 21st century

Contents

1. 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

Bibliography (note)

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

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Fairbanks, Robert P., II, 1968-

Title

1. How it works [electronic resource] : recovering citizens in post-welfare Philadelphia / Robert P. Fairbanks II.

Imprint

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

Bibliography

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

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2008054100