Legal Mobilization within the Bureaucracy

Disability Rights and the Implementation of Antidiscrimination Law in Sweden

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6090488
AutoresA Lejeune (0000-0003-3675-9812, Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales, autor correspondente)
Ano2017
Volume39
Fascículo3
Páginas237-258
Data de publicação2017-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/lapo.12077
OpenAlexW2587504152
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas55

This article argues that the analysis of legal mobilization needs to give more attention to the state and its relationship with social movements in order to examine how the state either sustains social movements’ demands or is a field of contention for those demands. Focusing on how disability bureaucrats and activists mobilize antidiscrimination law in Sweden, this article shows that two main factors shape legal mobilization within the bureaucracy and alter the state's ability to become a legal mobilization actor: (1) the institutional relationships between social movement organizations and government agencies and (2) the profiles and careers of bureaucrats and activists. It concludes by suggesting several lines for further research on law and social movements in nonpluralist countries

Bureaucracy · Field (mathematics · Government (linguistics · Mobilization · Political science · Politics · Resource mobilization · Social movement · Sociology · State (computer science · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Public Administration