This book was first published in 1989 by Routledge. ©1989 Ian Parker. The ISBN for the paperback was 0-415-01494-8 and for the hardback it was 0-415-01493-X. The page numbering has been marked in this web-text of the book by numbers in square brackets, so when you see a number appear you know that you are moving into that number page of the book (e.g., when you read [12] you know that the text to follow this was originally on page 12). The full reference for the book that you can still use for citations and quotes is: Parker, I. (1989) The Crisis in Modern Social Psychology - and how to end it. London: Routledge. You can access the different sections of the book now by clicking on the relevant headings in the Contents below.
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Acknowledgements
Early versions of chapters in this book have reached a reader-friendly state through the efforts of colleagues and students struggling with wild ideas. Special thanks for support to Bob Anderson, John Broughton, Erica Burman, Alan Costall, Peter Dews, Antony Easthope, Richard Gidwaney, Roger Ingham, Rom Harré, Martin Hewitt, Jan Hilton, Kath Holland, Reinier Holst, Ann Jones, Jean Ledigo, Patrick O'Grady, Jonathan Potter, John Riach, Russell Spears, Valerie Walkerdine, Heather Walton, and Amanda Woolfson. [Many thanks to Marilyn Barnett for scanning and correcting the text].
