Research Article

Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness

Volume: 13 Number: 1 June 30, 2019
  • Patricia Boyd *
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Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness

Abstract

This study considers the strategies the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI) uses to advocate for those living with mental illness in the United States. As a grassroots organization, NAMI works to achieve social equity for that population by redressing injustices that are based on stigma. I illustrate the ways in which NAMI defines the injustices of stigma as problems of both maldistribution and misrecognition in ways that hearken to Nancy Fraser’s arguments for the need to treat distribution and recognition as integrally interconnected in creating social problems. Throughout the article, I use Fraser’s analytical framework to analyse how the organization works to remedy those two injustices through affirmative, transformative, and non-reformist reform strategies. The effective and insightful use of these strategies makes them a good example for other organizations. 

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References

  1. Fraser, Nancy. “Social Justice in the Age of Identity Politics: Redistribution, Recognition, and Participation.” Redistribution or Recognition? A PoliticalPhilosophical Exchange, Edited by Nancy Fraser and Axel Honneth, Verso, 2003, pp. 7-109. National Alliance of Mental Illness. “Engagement: A New Standard for Mental Health Care.” 2016, https://www.nami.org/About-NAMI/PublicationsReports/Public-Policy-Reports/Engagement-A-New-Standard-for-MentalHealth-Care/NAMI_Engagement_Web.pdf. Accessed 30 May 2019. ——. “The Public Policy Platform.” 12th ed., 2016, https://www.nami.org/getattachment/Learn-More/Mental-Health-PublicPolicy/Public-Policy-Platform-December-2016-(1).pdf. Accessed 30 May 2018.

Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Patricia Boyd * This is me
0000-0003-2304-8704
United States

Publication Date

June 30, 2019

Submission Date

June 1, 2019

Acceptance Date

June 19, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 13 Number: 1

APA
Boyd, P. (2019). Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 13(1), 1-13. https://izlik.org/JA32ZE32BP
AMA
1.Boyd P. Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness. CUJHSS. 2019;13(1):1-13. https://izlik.org/JA32ZE32BP
Chicago
Boyd, Patricia. 2019. “Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 13 (1): 1-13. https://izlik.org/JA32ZE32BP.
EndNote
Boyd P (June 1, 2019) Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 13 1 1–13.
IEEE
[1]P. Boyd, “Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness”, CUJHSS, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 1–13, June 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA32ZE32BP
ISNAD
Boyd, Patricia. “Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 13/1 (June 1, 2019): 1-13. https://izlik.org/JA32ZE32BP.
JAMA
1.Boyd P. Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness. CUJHSS. 2019;13:1–13.
MLA
Boyd, Patricia. “Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 13, no. 1, June 2019, pp. 1-13, https://izlik.org/JA32ZE32BP.
Vancouver
1.Patricia Boyd. Power of Recognition and Redistribution: An Analysis of the Advocacy Strategies of the National Alliance for Mental Illness. CUJHSS [Internet]. 2019 Jun. 1;13(1):1-13. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA32ZE32BP

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