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Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups and Peer Support
A Literature Review
Series: - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences, Volume: 23
- Voluntaristics Review, Volume: 23
Author:
Thomasina Borkman reviews English-language social science research on North American self-help/mutual aid groups (SHGs) and organizations and some from industrialized countries. SHGs, known by many names, are voluntary, member-run groups of peers who share a common issue, utilize lived experience, and practice mutual aid. Borkmanâs autoethnographic approach highlights her international SHG participation. Despite initial common values and practices in the 1960s and on, Alcoholics Anonymous, the mental health SHGs, and other SHGs evolved in the US as three separate social movements that became institutionalized by 2000; their history, characteristics, achievements and supportive infrastructure are summarized. British contributors Munn-Giddings and Boyce show in European countries how socio-political contexts shape self-help/mutual aid. Research has shifted from SHGs to peer support since 2000.
Author
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).
Contributing Authors
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.
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).
Contributing Authors
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.
Self-Help/Mutual Aid Groups and Peer Support A Literature Review
âThomasina Borkman, Carol Munn-Giddings and Melanie Boyce
Abstract
âKeywords
âSynopsis
âEditorâs Introduction to VR 5.2â3: The Larger Academic Context of Self-Help and Mutual Aid Research in Voluntaristics
â1âIntroduction
â2âNorth American Self-Help/Mutual Aid Social Movements
â3âResearch from the North American Perspective in the 1990s and After
â4âHow Social Governance, Health Care, and Civil Society Shape Self-Help/Mutual Aid and Peer Support in Europe
â5âConclusions
âAcknowledgments
âAuthor Biographies
âList of Case Illustrations
âList of Tables
âReferences
âThomasina Borkman, Carol Munn-Giddings and Melanie Boyce
Abstract
âKeywords
âSynopsis
âEditorâs Introduction to VR 5.2â3: The Larger Academic Context of Self-Help and Mutual Aid Research in Voluntaristics
â1âIntroduction
â2âNorth American Self-Help/Mutual Aid Social Movements
â3âResearch from the North American Perspective in the 1990s and After
â4âHow Social Governance, Health Care, and Civil Society Shape Self-Help/Mutual Aid and Peer Support in Europe
â5âConclusions
âAcknowledgments
âAuthor Biographies
âList of Case Illustrations
âList of Tables
âReferences
All interested in social science research on 20th Century self-help/mutual aid groups in North America and industrialized countries; European examples show societal context shapes self-help/mutual aid; Authorâs autoethnography highlights participation.