The rise of the therapeutic state / / Andrew J. Polsky
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| Autore: |
Polsky Andrew Joseph
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| Titolo: |
The rise of the therapeutic state / / Andrew J. Polsky
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| Pubblicazione: | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1991 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (298 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 361.973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Public welfare - United States - History |
| Human services - United States - History | |
| Social work with people with social disabilities - United States - History | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-281) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Problems of the Therapeutic State -- PART ONE: THE SOCIAL QUESTION -- PART TWO: CREATING THE THERAPEUTIC STATE -- PART THREE: THE POLITICAL LIMITS OF EXPANSION -- Conclusion: Captive to the Past -- Notes -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Assuming that "marginal" citizens cannot govern their own lives, proponents of the therapeutic state urge casework intervention to reshape the attitudes and behaviors of those who live outside the social mainstream. Thus the victims of poverty, delinquency, family violence, and other problems are to be "normalized." But "normalize," to Andrew Polsky, is a term that "jars the ear, as well it should when we consider what this effort is all about." Here he investigates the broad network of public agencies that adopt the casework approach. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Rise of the therapeutic state |
| ISBN: | 1-4008-0626-7 |
| 1-282-75152-2 | |
| 9786612751523 | |
| 1-4008-2062-6 | |
| 1-4008-1301-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780199603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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City in the twenty-first century book series.