Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups and Peer Support: A Literature Review: 23 (Voluntaristics Review) - Softcover

Thomasina Borkman

9789004447998: Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups and Peer Support: A Literature Review: 23 (Voluntaristics Review)

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ISBN 10: 9004447997 ISBN 13: 9789004447998

Publisher: BRILL, 2021

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Social science research on self-help/mutual aid groups and organizations from 1960 on is reviewed. Voluntary peer-run mutually supportive groups’ diversity illustrated through Alcoholics Anonymous, mental health groups and others. Socio-political contexts shape self-help/mutual aid. Borkman’s autoethnographic narrative highlights her participation.

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About the Author

<u>Author</u> Thomasina Borkman, Ph.D. (1969) Columbia University, is Professor of Sociology Emerita at George Mason University. She is known for her research on self-help groups and peer support, especially her book Understanding Self-Help/Mutual Aid: Experiential Learning in the Commons (1999). <u>Contributing Authors</u> Carol Munn-Giddings, Ph.D. (2003) Loughborough University, is Professor of Participative Inquiry and Collaborative Practices at Anglia Ruskin University. She is known for her research on self-help/mutual aid and complementary participatory research that engage citizens and practitioners in the research process. Melanie Boyce, Ph.D. (2016) Anglia Ruskin University, is Senior Research Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University. She has expertise in undertaking community-based research with groups and communities that are often defined as marginalised, due to their health and/or social situation.

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