
One Foot in Eden
A Sociological Study of the Range of Therapeutic Community Practice
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. September 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-138-31561-7 (ISBN)
Description
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 children; two contrasting residential psychiatric units; a community for the treatment of addiction; a communally organised community for mentally handicapped and disturbed young people; a psychiatric day hospital; and two contrasting halfway houses for disturbed adolescents. All these places are recognised therapeutic communities seeking to mobilise the social life of the community as an instrument of therapy, yet, as this study shows, they follow different (and sometimes antithetical) treatment practices.
The book also directs new light on other areas, of particular concern to sociologists, such as the general properties of therapeutic work and the socialisation process as it is experienced by new community residents.
It will be of special interest to therapeutic community staff, to sociologists of medicine and occupations, and to others involved in the care of disturbed and handicapped people.
The communities chosen represent the wide variety of therapeutic community practice at the time: a residential Rudolf Steiner school for mentally handicapped children; two contrasting residential psychiatric units; a community for the treatment of addiction; a communally organised community for mentally handicapped and disturbed young people; a psychiatric day hospital; and two contrasting halfway houses for disturbed adolescents. All these places are recognised therapeutic communities seeking to mobilise the social life of the community as an instrument of therapy, yet, as this study shows, they follow different (and sometimes antithetical) treatment practices.
The book also directs new light on other areas, of particular concern to sociologists, such as the general properties of therapeutic work and the socialisation process as it is experienced by new community residents.
It will be of special interest to therapeutic community staff, to sociologists of medicine and occupations, and to others involved in the care of disturbed and handicapped people.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-31561-7 (9781138315617)
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Michael Bloor | Neil Mckeganey | Dick Fonkert
One Foot in Eden
A Sociological Study of the Range of Therapeutic Community Practice
E-Book
09/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
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Michael Bloor | Neil Mckeganey | Dick Fonkert
One Foot in Eden
A Sociological Study of the Range of Therapeutic Community Practice
E-Book
09/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
€45.99
Available for download

Michael Bloor | Neil Mckeganey | Dick Fonkert
One Foot in Eden
A Sociological Study of the Range of Therapeutic Community Practice
Book
09/2018
1st Edition
Routledge
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Persons
Michael Bloor, Neil McKeganey, Dick Fonkert
Content
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.