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A critique of the theoretical and programmatic aspects of providing mental health services to traditionally underserved populations. Focusing on the case of Hispanics, the authors maintain that the present service system is socially and racially insensitive.

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Thus persons will demand autonomy and the freedom required to be self-governed.

Yet, as Murphy and Peck and the analysts brought together for this collection point out, self-government or democracy does not occur in a vacuum.

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Professors Murphy and Choi use postmodern philosophy to expose a source of racism and cultural domination. They examine "foundationalism," which they see at the core of the Western intellectual tradition and which is shown to foster a metaphysics of domination. By contrast, postmodernism undermines this root of racism.

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Covers both theoretical and practical aspects of the use of computers to improve the delivery of social services. The authors adopt a holistic approach to avoid dehumanization of clients and focus on the philosophical justification of computerization and its conceptual or symbolic nature.