The rise of the therapeutic state /

The rise of the therapeutic state /

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Author / Creator:	Polsky, Andrew Joseph.
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1991.
Description:	x, 287 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The City in the twenty-first century book series City in the twenty-first century book series.
Subject:	Public welfare -- United States -- History. Human services -- United States -- History. Social work with people with social disabilities -- United States -- History. Human services. Public welfare. Social work with people with social disabilities. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1232984

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ISBN:	0691078785 9780691078786 0691000840 9780691000848
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-281) and 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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Call Number:	HV91.P670 1991
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