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Of Others Inside: Insanity, Addiction And Belonging in America - Softcover

Weinberg, Darin

 
9781592134045: Of Others Inside: Insanity, Addiction And Belonging in America
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1592134041 ISBN 13: 9781592134045
Publisher: Temple University Press, 2005

Synopsis

There is little doubt among scientists and the general public that homelessness, mental illness, and addiction are inter-related. In Of Others Inside, Darin Weinberg examines how these inter-relations have taken form in the United States. He links the establishment of these connections to the movement of mental health and addiction treatment from redemptive processes to punitive ones and back again, and explores the connection between social welfare, rehabilitation, and the criminal justice system.



Seeking to offer a new sociological understanding of the relationship between social exclusion and mental disability, Of Others Inside considers the general social conditions of homelessness, poverty, and social marginality in the U.S. Weinberg also explores questions about American perceptions of these conditions, and examines in great detail the social reality of mental disability and drug addiction without reducing people's suffering to simple notions of biological fate or social disorder.

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About the Author

Darin Weinberg teaches in the Department of Sociology at Cambridge University and is a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

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Publisher
Temple University Press
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1592134041
ISBN 13 
9781592134045
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
248