The Evolution of Self-Help How a Health

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, behavioral, and psychological problems.

Matthew E. Archibald is Assistant Professor of Sociology, Emory University.

The Demography of Self-Help
Defining Self-Help: How Does a Movement become an Institution?
From Small Beginnings: Growth and Diversification
Legitimation: The Paradox of Public Recognition of Self-Help
The Evolution of Public Recognition and Its Consequences
Resources: How Competition Selects Only the Fittest Organizations
Conclusion and Future Directions
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The Evolution of Self-Help How a Health Movement Became an Institution

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