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9%OFFJames L. Nolan Jr. - The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at Century´s End - 9780814757918 - V9780814757918
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The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at Century´s End

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Description for The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at Century´s End paperback. Num Pages: 410 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 567.

The United States has always been profoundly conflicted about the role and utility of its government. Simmering just beneath the surface of heated public discussions over the appropriate scope and size of government are foundational questions about the very purpose of the state, and the basis of its authority. America's changing and diversifying cultural climate makes common agreement about the government's raison d'être all the more difficult.
In The Therapeutic State, James Nolan shows us how these unresolved dilemmas have coalesced at century's end. Today the American state, faced with a steady decline in public confidence, has embraced ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
Number of Pages
410
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814757918
SKU
V9780814757918
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99-50

About James L. Nolan Jr.
James L. Nolan, Jr. is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Williams College and editor of The American Culture Wars: Current Contests and Future Prospects.

Reviews for The Therapeutic State: Justifying Government at Century´s End
"...Nolan argues that America's therapeutic culture has recently moved from the cultural realm of "symbols and codes" to penetrate the institutions of the modern American state. By delineating sharply between the culture of the therapeutic and therapeutic poicymaking, Nolan's probing work provides an important new methodological frame with which to study the therapeutic."
American Studies International

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