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Psychiatric Survivors & Experiential Rights

Cresswell, Mark

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Mark Cresswell



Abstract

Human rights may be categorised as belonging to ‘three generations’: political, social and ‘solidarity’ rights. This paper considers this schema theoretically, deploying the example of the ‘psychiatric survivor’ movement in Britain in support of its central claims. Psychiatric survivors comprise groups of psychiatric patients who have campaigned both for political and social rights in addition to a singular form of ‘right’, which is referred to here as ‘experiential’. The paper clarifies the meaning of the ‘experiential right’ and, drawing upon aspects of social theory, considers how it is to be understood in the context of the ‘three generations’ schema.

Citation

Cresswell, M. (2009). Psychiatric Survivors & Experiential Rights. Social Policy and Society, 8(2), 231-243. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746408004752

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Apr 1, 2009
Deposit Date Nov 17, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Social Policy and Society
Print ISSN 1474-7464
Electronic ISSN 1475-3073
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 2
Pages 231-243
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746408004752

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