Epstein (social work, U. of Nevada) examines the theoretical and cultural pretensions of contemporary "empowerment practices" in the US, such as helping professions and social-welfare programs. He arg
In the current political climate of the U.S., there are noeasily apparent solutions to the social problems we face.William M. Epstein claims that people in need have been poorly served and misled by t
Psychotherapy is immensely popular in the US even though consistently ineffective because it reaffirms basic American values of self-sufficiency and individualism, argues Epstein (social work, U. of N
In the current political climate of the United States, there are no easily apparent solutions to the monumental social problems we face. The Los Angeles riots of 1992 may have been a taste of continui
Judges play a central role in the American legal system, but their behavior as decision-makers is not well understood, even among themselves. The system permits judges to be quite secretive (and most
The story that never grows old... Lord of the Flies remains as provocative today as when it was first published in 1954, igniting passionate debate with its startling, brutal portrait of human nature.
