American Policy Making: Welfare as RitualRowman & Littlefield, 2002 - 247 páginas American Policy Making will surely create controversy by challenging the prevailing ethos of humanitarianism. Epstein points to the perils of unrestricted subjectivity--the corruption of both social science and social discourse--and argues for a more disciplined approach to policy making. Rather than scientific theory and applied scientific practice, the social sciences have been appropriated to create ideology--corrective myths in support of social denial. The social sciences script fables of cure, prevention, and rehabilitation that falsely testify to the feasibility of inexpensive and culturally compatible solutions to deep social problems. Rather than providing effective service, social welfare programs are rituals of social values, expressing, proselytizing, reaffirming, and strengthening factional preferences. This is a uniquely unsentimental analysis of American social policy-making with great scope and depth, particularly in the personal social services, philosophic and historical dimensions. It is also a bold call to action to create more effective policies for social welfare. |
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... perhaps to patiently devote resources to the search for politically viable and programmatically sound social wel- fare programs . The social welfare industry , including a large number of disciplines , workers , and social institutions ...
... perhaps to patiently devote resources to the search for politically viable and programmatically sound social wel- fare programs . The social welfare industry , including a large number of disciplines , workers , and social institutions ...
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... perhaps as absolute idealism became a convenience for a frus- trated age ) , objective reality was rejected by the anti - Enlightenment as an unnecessary restraint on human ambition . The will was a causative agent with nearly limitless ...
... perhaps as absolute idealism became a convenience for a frus- trated age ) , objective reality was rejected by the anti - Enlightenment as an unnecessary restraint on human ambition . The will was a causative agent with nearly limitless ...
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... perhaps the largest dimension of many other social institutions , even business . Indeed , commercial firms play such substantial political roles to promote their perceived conven- iences , notably the virtues of the free market , and ...
... perhaps the largest dimension of many other social institutions , even business . Indeed , commercial firms play such substantial political roles to promote their perceived conven- iences , notably the virtues of the free market , and ...
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... perhaps in denial of near - universal uncertainty , self - interest is the principal contin- gency of political truth . As a consequence , social policy is made through the complex interactions of groups and individuals in pursuit of ...
... perhaps in denial of near - universal uncertainty , self - interest is the principal contin- gency of political truth . As a consequence , social policy is made through the complex interactions of groups and individuals in pursuit of ...
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... perhaps one - sixth of the pop- ulation , have no coverage at all and cannot afford to indemnify themselves . They remain outside of the public and private insurance systems and are not eligible for either Medicaid or benefits through ...
... perhaps one - sixth of the pop- ulation , have no coverage at all and cannot afford to indemnify themselves . They remain outside of the public and private insurance systems and are not eligible for either Medicaid or benefits through ...
Contenido
Political Theory Ideology and Social Welfare | 25 |
The Willow World of Virtue Rationality and Effectiveness in the Personal Social Services | 47 |
The American Ethos 1 Two Civil Religions | 91 |
The American Ethos 2 America SpeaksThe Pols and Policy Choice | 111 |
The American Ethos 3 Social Welfare Services as Rituals of the Civil Religion | 135 |
Two Romances The Enlightenment and the AntiEnlightenment | 151 |
Science Limited Science and Scientism | 193 |
Conclusion | 211 |
Afterword | 221 |
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About the Author | |
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