Vitale, David (2018) A trust network model for social rights fulfilment. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 38 (4). pp. 706-732. doi:10.1093/ojls/gqy026

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Abstract

In this article, I use the social science scholarship on trust to develop a new model for understanding social rights fulfilment in contemporary social democracies. Drawing on—and applying to the social rights context—an idea from that scholarship that I call the ‘network conception of trust’, I argue that we may fairly conceive of social rights fulfilment in such democracies as a network of interconnected and interdependent trust-based relationships between citizens, state actors and non-state actors. From this network model, it follows that for any relationship involved in social rights fulfilment (like that between citizens and the elected branches of government), we must understand trust as a product of that relationship’s social context. And given the recognised value of citizens’ trust in government to contemporary democracies, I suggest that this network model has significant implications for social rights law.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JC Political theory K Law [Moys] > KM Common Law, Public Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Social rights, State, The, Democracy, Constitutional law, Trust -- Political aspects
Journal or Publication Title:	Oxford Journal of Legal Studies
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	1464-3820
Official Date:	2018
Dates:	Date Event 2018 Published 5 September 2018 Available 30 June 2018 Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit:	8 November 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access:	5 September 2020
Volume:	38
Number:	4
Page Range:	pp. 706-732
DOI:	10.1093/ojls/gqy026
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Publisher Statement:	This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Oxford Journal of Legal Studies following peer review. The version of record David Vitale; A Trust Network Model for Social Rights Fulfilment, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, gqy026 is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqy026
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:	Project/Grant ID RIOXX Funder Name Funder ID UNSPECIFIED London School of Economics and Political Science http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100011326 UNSPECIFIED Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000155 UNSPECIFIED Minerva Center http://viaf.org/viaf/139712233

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