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.В 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.
Author(s): Matthew E. Archibald
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2007
Language: English
Commentary: 42953
Pages: 204
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Tables and Figures......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 16
1 The Demography of Self-Help......Page 18
2 Defining Self-Help: How Does a Movement Become an Institution?......Page 42
3 From Small Beginnings: Growth and Diversification......Page 70
4 Legitimation: The Paradox of Public Recognition of Self-Help......Page 94
5 The Evolution of Public Recognition and Its Consequences......Page 118
6 Resources: How Competition Selects Only the Fittest Organizations......Page 136
7 Conclusion and Future Directions......Page 152
Appendix A: Sources of Legitimation and Competition......Page 174
Notes......Page 176
Book References......Page 182
A......Page 194
C......Page 195
D......Page 196
H......Page 197
L......Page 198
M......Page 199
N......Page 200
R......Page 201
S......Page 202
W......Page 203
Z......Page 204
