From snake pits to cash cows : politics and public institutions in New York

From snake pits to cash cows : politics and public institutions in New York / Paul J. Castellani.

"Public institutions for people with developmental disabilities continue to operate within New York State, although their very existence has been condemned, and public policies directed their complete closure by the year 2000. From Snake Pits to Cash Cows investigates why these institutions per...

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Main Author: Castellani, Paul J., 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
People with mental disabilities > Institutional care > New York (State) > History.
Developmentally disabled > Institutional care > New York (State) > History.
State hospitals > New York (State) > History.
Politics, Practical.
politics.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
Politics, Practical
Developmentally disabled > Institutional care
People with mental disabilities > Institutional care
State hospitals
New York (State)
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Introduction : the perseverance and vitality of public institutions
  • Ch. 1 Fault lines : 1935 to 1945
  • Ch. 2 Babies and buildings : 1945 to 1959
  • Ch. 3 Planning : the rhetoric of public institutions and community services
  • Ch. 4 Bonding and construction : the foundations of public institutions
  • Ch. 5 new politics of mental retardation
  • Ch. 6 Willowbrook and the Medicaid intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded program
  • Ch. 7 Creating a new universe of developmental services in New York state
  • Ch. 8 Deinstitutionalization : reorganizing and refinancing institutions and community services
  • Ch. 9 Closing institutions : the right thing to do
  • Ch. 10 Rebranding the cash cows : not closing institutions.

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