The Rise of the Therapeutic State.

By: Polsky, Andrew JContributor(s): Polsky, Andrew J. JMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1993Copyright date: ©1991Description: 1 online resource (298 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400820627Subject(s): Human services -- United States -- History | Public welfare -- United States -- History | Social work with people with social disabilities -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Rise of the Therapeutic StateDDC classification: 361.973 LOC classification: HV91 -- .P67 1991ebOnline resources: Click to View
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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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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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