What the recovery movement tells us about prefigurative politics
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Beckwith, Melinda
Bliuc, Ana-Maria
Best, David
Abstract / Description
The concept of prefigurative politics has re-emerged following recent worldwide uprisings, such as the Occupy movement, to which this concept has been applied. In applying a contemporary analysis to prefigurative politics, we explore the contribution of community-based recovery groups to the recovery movement, a socio-political movement in the fields of mental health and addiction treatment. We argue that collective action in recovery groups is derived from the formation of an opinion-based social identity and results in alternative approaches to unmet needs, creatively addressing these identified needs through the utilisation of personal, social and collective resources within an emerging recovery community. To illustrate our argument, we provide examples of community-based recovery groups and the approaches they use in addressing the identified needs of their recovery community. We conclude with an analysis of what community-based recovery groups and the wider recovery movement can contribute to a contemporary understanding of prefigurative politics.
Keyword(s)
recovery social identity collective action mental health addictionPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2016-05-24
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Volume
4
Issue
1
Page numbers
238–251
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
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peerReviewed
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Beckwith, M., Bliuc, A.-M., & Best, D. (2016). What the recovery movement tells us about prefigurative politics. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 4(1), 238–251. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v4i1.548
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Beckwith, Melinda
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Bliuc, Ana-Maria
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Best, David
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Date of first publication2016-05-24
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Abstract / DescriptionThe concept of prefigurative politics has re-emerged following recent worldwide uprisings, such as the Occupy movement, to which this concept has been applied. In applying a contemporary analysis to prefigurative politics, we explore the contribution of community-based recovery groups to the recovery movement, a socio-political movement in the fields of mental health and addiction treatment. We argue that collective action in recovery groups is derived from the formation of an opinion-based social identity and results in alternative approaches to unmet needs, creatively addressing these identified needs through the utilisation of personal, social and collective resources within an emerging recovery community. To illustrate our argument, we provide examples of community-based recovery groups and the approaches they use in addressing the identified needs of their recovery community. We conclude with an analysis of what community-based recovery groups and the wider recovery movement can contribute to a contemporary understanding of prefigurative politics.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationBeckwith, M., Bliuc, A.-M., & Best, D. (2016). What the recovery movement tells us about prefigurative politics. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 4(1), 238–251. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v4i1.548en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1410
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1798
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v4i1.548
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Keyword(s)recoveryen_US
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Keyword(s)social identityen_US
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Keyword(s)collective actionen_US
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Keyword(s)mental healthen_US
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Keyword(s)addictionen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleWhat the recovery movement tells us about prefigurative politicsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Page numbers238–251
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Volume4
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