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From Snake Pits to Cash Cows : Politics and Public Institutions in New York / Paul J. Castellani.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Castellani, Paul J., 1942-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- State hospitals--New York (State)--History.
- State hospitals.
- Developmentally disabled--Institutional care--New York (State)--History.
- Developmentally disabled.
- People with mental disabilities--Institutional care--New York (State)--History.
- People with mental disabilities.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explains why public institutions for people with developmental disabilities have persevered despite plans to eliminate them.
- Contents:
- Intro
- From Snake Pits to Cash Cows: Politics and Public Institutions in New York
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Perseverance and: Vitality of Public Institutions
- Part I Drift and Conflict
- 1. Fault Lines: 1935 to 1945
- 2. Babies and Buildings: 1945 to 1959
- 3. Planning: The Rhetoric of Public Institutions and Community Services
- Part 2 Sweeping Away the Old Order
- 4. Bonding and Construction: The Foundations of Public Institutions
- 5. The New Politics of Mental Retardation
- 6. Willowbrook and the Medicaid Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded Program
- Part 3 The Big Bang
- 7. Creating a New Universe of Developmental Services in New York State
- 8. Deinstitutionalization: Reorganizing and Refinancing Institutions and Community Services
- Part 4 Closing and Not Closing Institutions
- 9. Closing Institutions: The Right Thing to Do
- 10. Rebranding the Cash Cows: Not Closing Institutions
- Conclusion: From Snake Pits to Cash Cows
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- W.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-296) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780791483312
- 0791483312
- 9781423744122
- 1423744128
- OCLC:
- 461441594
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