Transnational Popular Psychology and the Global Self-Help Industry The Politics of Contemporary Social Change /

• Main Authors: Nehring, Daniel (Author), Alvarado, Emmanuel (Author), Hendriks, Eric C. (Author), Kerrigan, Dylan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Economic development.; Social change.; Health psychology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Health Psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Popular Science in Psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Development and Social Change.

Self-help books aim to empower their readers and deliver happiness and personal fulfilment but do they really live up to this? This book offers a fresh perspective on self-help culture and popular psychology. Research on this subject matter has generally focused on the USA and the Global Northwest....