Asserting that social welfare programmes are not held to credible standards in their design or results, the author criticizes the social scientists, policy-makers and politicians responsible for helping the USA's poorest citizens and systematically deconstructs social research since the 1960s.
Asserting that social welfare programmes are not held to credible standards in their design or results, the author criticizes the social scientists, p...
An unblinking look at the failure of public child welfare in America. William Epstein contends that the paltry response to children in need opens windows onto the nation's soul, revealing a profoundly disturbing lack of generosity in the face of deserving and needy children.
An unblinking look at the failure of public child welfare in America. William Epstein contends that the paltry response to children in need opens wind...
In Psychotherapy as Religion, William Epstein sets out to debunk claims that psychotherapy provides successful clinical treatment for a wide range of personal and social problems. He argues that the practice is not a science at all but rather the civil religion of America, reflecting the principles of radical self-invention and self-reliance deeply embedded in the psyche of the nation. Epstein begins by analyzing a number of clinical studies conducted over the past two decades that purport to establish the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic treatments. He finds that each study violates in...
In Psychotherapy as Religion, William Epstein sets out to debunk claims that psychotherapy provides successful clinical treatment for a wide range of ...
In The Illusion of Psychotherapy William Epstein asserts that psychotherapy is probably ineffective and possibly harmful. He maintains that there is no credible clinical evidence that psychotherapy is effective in handling personal or social problems, or that it is more effective than other modes of treatment. The theories that underpin clinical practice remain speculative and their influence over social policy are more ideological than scientific. A skeptical public and its government would be better served, Epstein says, by credible evidence of outcomes. His analysis focuses on...
In The Illusion of Psychotherapy William Epstein asserts that psychotherapy is probably ineffective and possibly harmful. He maintains tha...
In the current political climate of the U.S., there are noeasily apparent solutions to the social problems we face.William M. Epstein claims that people in need have been poorly served and misled by the American system of social welfare. This is one of those rare works emanating from a social welfare expert that does not offer easy placebos or simplistic claims based on more money.
The Dilemma of American Social Welfare argues against the idea that there are inexpensive cures for serious societal sicknesses. Epstein takes on an immense literature in psychotherapy, social...
In the current political climate of the U.S., there are noeasily apparent solutions to the social problems we face.William M. Epstein claims that ...
The conservative attacks on the welfare system in the United States over the past several decades have put liberal defenders of poverty relief and social insurance programs on the defensive. In this no-holds-barred look at the reality of American social policy since World War II, William Epstein argues that this defense is not worth mounting--that the claimed successes of American social programs are not sustained by evidence. Rather than their failure being the result of inadequate implementation or political resistance stemming from the culture wars, these programs and their built-in...
The conservative attacks on the welfare system in the United States over the past several decades have put liberal defenders of poverty relief and ...
In the current political climate of the U.S., there are no easily apparent solutions to the social problems we face.William M. Epstein claims that people in need have been poorly served and misled by the American system of social welfare. This is one of those rare works emanating from a social welfare expert that does not offer easy placebos or simplistic claims based on more money. The Dilemma of American Social Welfare argues against the idea that there are inexpensive cures for serious societal sicknesses. Epstein takes on an immense literature in psychotherapy, social work, and welfare,...
In the current political climate of the U.S., there are no easily apparent solutions to the social problems we face.William M. Epstein claims that peo...
Many people in the United States are poor, lead marginal lives, and need jobs as well as basic services such as education, medical care, and housing. Multitudes in other parts of the world, in addition to being poor, are jailed, tortured, and killed for being members of the wrong ethnic group or expressing political opinions. Those who argue for empowerment claim it is a magic bullet. It can liberate the oppressed, largely through self-organization, self-motivation, self-invention, and even self-clarity.
William M. Epstein sees contemporary empowerment practice in the United States...
Many people in the United States are poor, lead marginal lives, and need jobs as well as basic services such as education, medical care, and housin...
