1st Edition
One Foot in Eden A Sociological Study of the Range of Therapeutic Community Practice
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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A comparative sociological account of eight different therapeutic communities, One Foot in Eden , originally published in 1988, was the first study in this area to compare observational material from such a large number of settings.
The communities chosen represent the wide variety of therapeutic community practice at the time: a residential Rudolf Steiner school for mentally handicapped... Read more
Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. The Historical Development of Therapeutic Community Approaches 2. The Settings 3. Reality Construction, Reality Confrontation, and Instrumentalism 4. Resident Progress 5. Audience and Resident Resistance 6. The Impact of the External Environment 7. Conclusions. Appendix: Research Methods. Bibliography. Name Index. Subject Index.
Biography
Michael Bloor, Neil McKeganey, Dick Fonkert
