{"product_id":"conservatorship-9780231210256","title":"Conservatorship","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an incisive and compelling portrait of the functioning—and failings—of California’s conservatorship system, drawing on hundreds of interviews with professionals, policy makers, families, and conservatees.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA heartbreakingly insightful ethnographic deep dive into the failure of mental health care in the United States that everyone refuses to pay for—and for which no public authority takes responsibility. Barnard strategically takes us through each dysfunctional interstice of California’s iconically mismanaged mental health system that manages to maximize costs, minimizes benefits, and tortures everyone involved—especially people with psychosis spectrum disorders whose lives are cut short by the public\/private bureaucratic quagmire that has been waging war on itself for the past half century. -- Philippe Bourgois, author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eRighteous Dopefiend\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVivid case studies and probing interviews humanize this journey through the fraught terrain of involuntary care. Barnard pulls few punches in describing the more offensive stretches of the roadmap but avoids veering into unalloyed condemnation or praise. His thoughtful exploration yields reasons for hope that our better angels might prevail. -- Roderick Shaner, MD, former medical director of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health\u003cbr\u003eThe subject and title of \u003ci\u003eConservatorship \u003c\/i\u003eis perhaps the most important yet least studied power of domestic governance. As Alex Barnard's meticulous study of California’s system for protecting those most disabled by mental illness shows, this power is left to a largely unaccountable and invisible system of local and market actors. At a time of much interest in new legal solutions to our severe crisis of unhoused, untreated, and mentally ill citizens, Barnard’s findings suggest the priority of addressing our even deeper crisis of authority. -- Jonathan Simon, author of \u003ci\u003eGoverning Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn California, the state has abdicated its authority over the conservatorship process by delegating state functions to a fragmented field of actors. Cutting through overly simplistic accounts of conservatorship, Barnard uses rich data and sharp theory to delve into the pitfalls of this abdication of authority. -- Josh Seim, author of \u003ci\u003eBandage, Sort, and Hustle: Ambulance Crews on the Front Lines of Urban Suffering\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConservatorship\u003c\/i\u003e delivers the kind of critical analysis that...would require California politicians, more comfortable with increasing budgets than investigating outcomes, to expose themselves to more blame. * City Journal *\u003cbr\u003eI recommend this very comprehensive book to anyone who is interested and ultimately frustrated by how our state has failed so many it purports a desire to help. * Southern California Psychiatrist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Other Magna Carta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I. The Conservatorship Continuum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Outpatient\u003cbr\u003e2. Crisis\u003cbr\u003e3. Emergency Room\u003cbr\u003e4. Inpatient\u003cbr\u003e5. Public Guardian\u003cbr\u003e6. Court\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II. Care and Coercion Under Conservatorship\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Locked In\u003cbr\u003e8. Stepped Down\u003cbr\u003e9. Neglect and Abuse\u003cbr\u003e10. Stabilization and Recovery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III. Reform\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Paving a New Pathway\u003cbr\u003e12. Asylum for the Dying\u003cbr\u003e13. Sharing Authority, Restoring Autonomy\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Beyond Miracles\u003cbr\u003eMethodological Appendix\u003cbr\u003eChronology of “Abdicated Authority”\u003cbr\u003eGlossary of Terms, Procedures, and Facilities\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400377049431,"sku":"9780231210256","price":28.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231210256.jpg?v=1730470540","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/conservatorship-9780231210256","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}