
Systems from Hell
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David A. Rochefort is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northeastern University.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Telling the Story of Systemic Failure
Part I: Theoretical Considerations
1. The System as Panacea, Uncertain Promise, and Scourge
2. Narrative and Its Political Uses
Part II: Four Social Problem Novels
3. Health Care, But at What Cost?
4. Falling into the Cracks of Our Mental Health (Non)System
5. How Deep the Despair of Life in the Precariat
6. Justice Denied
Part III: Conclusion
7. Empathic Policy Argument, Agenda Setting, and the Culture Wars
Appendix A: A Partial Listing of Social Problem Novels since 2000
Notes
Index
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