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The Rise of the Therapeutic State / Andrew J. Polsky.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [1993]Copyright date: ©1991Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resource (310 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691000848
  • 9781400820627
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 361.973
LOC classification:
  • HV91 .P67 1991
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
Summary: 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.
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Frontmatter -- 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

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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