M. Archibald

Broschiertes Buch

The Evolution of Self-Help

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

MATTHEW E. ARCHIBALD is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Emory University, USA.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-36988-1
• 1st ed. 2007
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 263g
• ISBN-13: 9781349369881
• ISBN-10: 1349369888
• Artikelnr.: 45079105