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The Careless Society by John McKnight (1996, Paperback, Reprint) 
The Careless Society by John McKnight (1996, Paperback, Reprint)

 
The Careless Society by John McKnight (1996, Paperback, Reprint)

Publisher: Basic Books
Publication Date: 1996-04-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0465091261
ISBN-13: 9780465091263
Product ID: EPID177187
Description: This book celebrates the capacity of communities to heal from within and attacks the dependency that comes with professionalized services.
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Synopsis
This book celebrates the capacity of communities to heal from within and attacks the dependency that comes with professionalized services.

Details
Publication Date:1996-04-01
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Height:8.0 in
Width:5.5 in
Thickness:0.5 in
Weight:5.6 oz

Publisher's Note
Amid all the hand-wringing about the loss of community in America these days, here is a book that celebrates the ability of neighborhoods to heal from within. John McKnight tells how the experts' best efforts to rebuild and revitalize communities are in fact destroying them. McKnight focuses on four "counterfeiting" aspects of society: professionalism, medicine, human service systems, and the criminal justice system. Because in many areas the ideological roots of service grow from a religious ideal, the book concludes with a reflection on the idea of Christian service and its transformation into carelessness. Reforming our human service institutions won't work, McKnight writes. These systems do too much, intervene where they are ineffective, and try to substitute service for irreplaceable care. Instead of more or better services, the book demonstrates that the community capacity of the local citizens is the basis for resolving many of America's social problems.

Industry Reviews
"In this wise, compelling work, democratic communities come alive as relationships forged on the twin anvils of consent and care."
Publisher's Catalog - Jean Bethke Elshtain

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