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The Rise Of The Therapeutic State

The Rise Of The Therapeutic State

by Andrew J. Polsky
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780691000848
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
  • Publisher: Princeton UP
  • Publisher Imprint: Prince UP
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 298
  • Original Price: 18.95 USD
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 500 grams

About the Book 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.