The Evolution of Self-Help /

This book examines the institutionalization of self-help in the United States using organizational and social movement theories. Looking at a fifty-year period, Archibald charts the formation and dissolution of over 500 medical, academic, and popular organizations. He explores the ways in which the...

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Main Author:	Archibald, Matthew E. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Community and Environmental Psychology. Politics of the Welfare State. Psychotherapy. Social Care. Sociology, general. Community psychology. Environmental psychology. Social sciences. Social service. Sociology. Welfare state. Electronic books.
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Summary:	This book examines the institutionalization of self-help in the United States using organizational and social movement theories. Looking at a fifty-year period, Archibald charts the formation and dissolution of over 500 medical, academic, and popular organizations. He explores the ways in which the marginal practices of sufferers of chronic conditions like Parkinson's or alcoholism became the common solution for all manner of medical, behavioural, and psychological problems.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (204 pages)
ISBN:	9780230609624
DOI:	10.1057/9780230609624