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The rise of the therapeutic state / Andrew J. Polsky.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: City in the twenty-first century book seriesPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1991.Description: 1 online resource (x, 287 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1400813018
  • 9781400813018
  • 9781400820627
  • 1400820626
  • 1282751522
  • 9781282751521
  • 9786612751523
  • 6612751525
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Rise of the therapeutic state.DDC classification:
  • 361.973 20
LOC classification:
  • HV91 .P67 1991eb
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Contents:
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-281) and index.

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Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents

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.

English.

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