La critique portée par le non-recours aux droits sociaux : propositions pour développer une approche subalterne

Abstract

The non-take-up of social rights has been analysed from different perspectives. These open up methodological, conceptual and epistemological questions. In this article, I reflect on the ways in which existing studies address non-take-up based on two commonly used definitions. I then propose that non-take-up by non-demand (which I call the reasoned non-take-up) may reflect the expression of critique that addresses the power of the state. Finally I formulate some propositions to develop a subaltern approach that provides me with tools to have access on the critical dimension of the reasoned non-take-up.

Keywords

• social state
• non-take-up
• critique
• epistemology
• subalternity