Systems from Hell

Systems from Hell

Problem Definition and the Literary Portrayal of Failure in Our Public Policy and Social Institutions

Rochefort, David A.

State University of New York Press

12/2024

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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