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"If only researchers would talk to each other!" Four Traditions of Self-Help Group Research
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English - January 12, 2009 15:58Education social economy nonprofit non profit not for cooperative operative enterprise Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Speaker:
Professor Emerita Thomasina Borkman, Sociology, George Mason University
This presentation discusses four differing self-help traditions, three of which are international and have been ignored by researchers in North America. Dr. Borkman discusses the extensive benefits to individuals and community of these four self-help traditions.
Dr. Borkman specializes in the sociology of health, illness, and disability. She is internationally renowned for her research and publications on self-help/mutual aid groups. A holder of a Fulbright Fellowship in 1995, she is also a past president of the Association for Research in Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations. 12/01/08
http://socialeconomy.utoronto.ca/podcasts/borkman120108.mp3