The Rise of the Therapeutic State

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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 probl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Polsky, Andrew J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social work with people with social disabilities.
Public welfare.
Human services.
Service social aux personnes socialement defavorisees > États-Unis > Histoire.
Services sociaux > États-Unis > Histoire.
Social work with people with social disabilities > United States > History.
Human services > United States > History.
Public welfare > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (310 pages).
ISBN:9781400820627

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