Lewis, Lydia. (2009) Politics of recognition: what can a human rights perspective contribute to understanding users' experiences of involvement in mental health services? Social Policy and Society, Vol.8 (No.2). pp. 257-274. ISSN 1474-7464

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Abstract

This historically situated, UK-based review of New Labour's human rights and mental health policy following the 1998 Human Rights Act (HRA) and 2007 Mental Health Act (MHA), draws on Klug's identification of three waves of human rights. These occurred around the American and French Revolutions, after World War II, and following the collapse of state communism in 1989, and the article assesses impacts on mental health policy up to and including the New Labour era. It critiques current equality and rights frameworks in mental health and indicates how they might be brought into closer alignment with third wave principles.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Mental health services -- Citizen participation, Mental health policy -- Great Britain, Recognition (Philosophy), Qualitative research, Human rights -- Great Britain
Journal or Publication Title:	Social Policy and Society
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	1474-7464
Date:	April 2009
Volume:	Vol.8
Number:	No.2
Page Range:	pp. 257-274
Identification Number:	10.1017/S1474746408004776
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC)
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