Realizing the Right to Access in France

Between Implementation and Activation

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ID4894658
AuthorsAnne Revillard (0000-0003-3077-8895, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume53
Issue4
Pages950-982
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLaw & Society Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/lasr.12434
OpenAlexW2991276658
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited56

This article explores the realization of the right to access in France, based on biographical interviews with people with mobility or visual impairments. I lay out an original theoretical framework for studying rights realization at the individual level. Although rights activation is the horizon of most rights consciousness research, I argue that rights do not necessarily need to be activated in order to be made real. This realization may also derive from effective policy implementation. In France, however, disabled individuals are very active in realizing their right to access, in a context of insufficient implementation. Moreover, although there is limited collective mobilization, several types of policy feedbacks fuel rights activation and the emergence of grievances regarding the lack of accessibility. Studying the realization of the right to access thus opens up promising perspectives for sociolegal research

Business · Consciousness · Context (archaeology · Law and economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Public relations · Realization (probability · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Education, sociology, and vocational training · Finance · Healthcare Systems and Practices · Psychology

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