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Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Arguments for Self-Help and Mutual Aid -- 2 Conceptualising Community Self-Help -- 3 The Extent of Community Self-Help -- 4 A Route into Employment: Community Self-Help as a Springboard -- 5 A Complement to the Market and State: Community Self-Help as a Coping Strategy -- 6 An Alternative to the Market and State: Community Self-Help as a Challenge -- 7 Supporting and Developing Community Self-Help -- 8 Community Self-Help in Visions of Future Political Organisation -- References -- Index.

PRACTICES of Self-Help and Self-Optimization combined with the expectation of positive thinking belong to the very core of US culture and US ideology. This edition explores the co-relation between self-help and dis/ability. In addition to a historical overview, case studies explore issues such as biomedicalization, inspiration porn, the addicted body, self-care and healing, and dystopian progress. Media and genres introduced include TV serials, novels, manifestoes, the 'Terminal Teenager Romance' and 'Addiction Memoirs.'