The British Journal of Sociology
Volume 50 No.4 December l999
pages 647-670
Abstract
The paper traces and explains the emergence of the mental health users movements in Great Britain, focusing specifically upon the formation of the Mental Patients Union of the early l970s. the analysis presented in the paper draws, to some extent from conventional movement theory. In addition, however, it draws from the work of Pierre Bourdieu. This represents an innovation in movement analysis and the necessity of this innovation is argued for in an early section of the paper
Keywords: Social movements, user movement, mental health, habitus, field
Nick Crossley
Department of Sociology
University of Manchester