{"product_id":"how-it-works-robert-p-fairbanks-9780226234083","title":"How It Works: Recovering Citizens in Post-Welfare Philadelphia","description":"\u003cp\u003eOf the some sixty thousand vacant properties in Philadelphia, half of them are abandoned row houses. Taken as a whole, these derelict homes symbolize the city's plight in the wake of industrial decline. But a closer look reveals a remarkable new phenomenon--street-level entrepreneurs repurposing hundreds of these empty houses as facilities for recovering addicts and alcoholics. \u003ci\u003eHow It Works\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling study of this recovery house movement and its place in the new urban order wrought by welfare reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo find out what life is like in these recovery houses, Robert P. Fairbanks II goes inside one particular home in the Kensington neighborhood. Operating without a license and unregulated by any government office, the recovery house provides food, shelter, company, and a bracing self-help philosophy to addicts in an area saturated with drugs and devastated by poverty. From this starkly vivid close-up, Fairbanks widens his lens to reveal the intricate relationships the recovery houses have forged with public welfare, the formal drug treatment sector, criminal justice institutions, and the local government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert P. Fairbanks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226234088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226234083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/25\/2009 pg. 20","brand":"Robert P. Fairbanks","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086397124863,"sku":"9780226234083","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1943099-a6f4-4949-95d7-0e7b5359d164.jpg?v=1769094445","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-it-works-robert-p-fairbanks-9780226234083","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}