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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polsky, Andrew Joseph.

Series:

City in the twenty-first century book series.

The City in the twenty-first century book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--United States--History.

Public welfare.

Human services--United States--History.

Human services.

Social work with people with social disabilities--United States--History.

Social work with people with social disabilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-281) and index.

ISBN:

9786612751523

9781400806287

1400806283

9781400806263

1400806267

9781282751521

1282751522

9781400820627

1400820626

9781400813018

1400813018

OCLC:

700688671