The Rise of the Therapeutic State
：The Rise of the Therapeutic State
Publication subTitle ：The Rise of the Therapeutic State
Author： Polsky Andrew J.
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 1993
E-ISBN: 9781400820627
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691000848
Subject： D0 Political Theory;D09 in the history of politics, political history
Keyword： 政治理论
Language： ENG
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Description
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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