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Table of 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

Author/Creator:

Fairbanks, Robert P., II, 1968-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

How it works: recovering citizens in post-welfare Philadelphia [by Fairbanks, R.P.]

Subjects:

Self-help housing — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia

Self-help housing — Political aspects — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia

Recovery movement — Political aspects — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia

Social settlements — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia

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

2000-2099

Recovery movement

Social settlements

Social conditions

Welfare recipients — Housing

Welfare recipients

Alcoholics — Rehabilitation

Alcoholics

Substance abuse treatment facilities

Government policy

Informal sector (Economics) — Political aspects

Informal sector (Economics)

Self-help housing

Pennsylvania — Philadelphia

Pennsylvania — Philadelphia — Kensington

General Notes:

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

Physical Description:

x, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

HV4196.P5 F347 2009

ISBNs:

9780226234083 (hardcover, alk. paper)
0226234088 (hardcover, alk. paper)
9780226234090 (pbk., alk. paper)
0226234096 (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008054100

OCLC Numbers:

298128773