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Fatal Remedies: The Ironies of Social Intervention (Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services)
Sam Sieber
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Description for Fatal Remedies: The Ironies of Social Intervention (Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services)
Paperback. Series: Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
by Ronald G. Corwin What do the following have in common: regulatory agencies, magnet schools, a declining empire, puritan asceticism, plea bargaining, the recent tax revolt in California, the Boston Tea Party, the Vietnam War, public drinking halls during Prohibi tion, police entrapment, and Yosemite National Park on Labor Day weekend? If the answer is not readily apparent, read this engaging book. Dr. Sam Sieber makes a convincing case that harbored in a potpourri of such events are countless instances of how well-intentioned social interventions often produce harmful effects. Searching for a general framework that will force us to think ... Read more
by Ronald G. Corwin What do the following have in common: regulatory agencies, magnet schools, a declining empire, puritan asceticism, plea bargaining, the recent tax revolt in California, the Boston Tea Party, the Vietnam War, public drinking halls during Prohibi tion, police entrapment, and Yosemite National Park on Labor Day weekend? If the answer is not readily apparent, read this engaging book. Dr. Sam Sieber makes a convincing case that harbored in a potpourri of such events are countless instances of how well-intentioned social interventions often produce harmful effects. Searching for a general framework that will force us to think ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Series
Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468474589
SKU
V9781468474589
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