ScholarWorks > HHS > Social Work > JSSW > Vol. 19 > Iss. 2 (1992)
Abstract
The architecture of this essay is as follows: I begin by assaying the communitarian crisis of the modern western world. Second, I offer a brief narrative of the social and cultural variables that foster rootlessness and social disintegration in much of urban industrial life. Third, I state a strong case for how this same process may be systematically undermining the nuclear family as a life-long community, threatening the dependence of children on care-giving adults, and, thereafter, the psychological development of children.
Recommended Citation
Maher, Thomas F.
(1992)
"The Withering of Community Life and the Growth of Emotional Disorders,"
The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare: Vol. 19:
Iss.
2, Article 10.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15453/0191-5096.2025
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