In this Book
- The Rise of the Therapeutic State
- Book
- 1993
- Published by: Princeton University Press
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Part One: The Social Question
- 1. Moral Economy and Philanthropy
- pp. 25-41
- Part Two: Creating the Therapeutic State
- 3. Models of Public Tutelage
- pp. 65-84
- 4. Practice against Theory
- pp. 85-99
- 5. Strategies for Survival
- pp. 100-119
- 6. The Paths to Social Membership
- pp. 120-136
- Part Three: The Political Limits of Expansion
- 7. Nationalizing Public Tutelage
- pp. 139-164
- 8. Countervailing Forces
- pp. 165-187
- 9. The Tenacity of the Therapeutic
- pp. 188-212
- Conclusion: Captive to the Past
- pp. 213-224
Additional Information
ISBN
9781400820627
Related ISBN(s)
9780691000848, 9780691078786, 9781400806263, 9781400806270, 9781400806287, 9781400813018, 9781400817573
MARC Record
OCLC
70734351
Pages
310
Launched on MUSE
2015-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No