Feasibility and the care-full just city: Overlaps and contrasts in the views of people with disability and local government officers on social inclusion

Abstract

In this paper we consider how ‘feasibility’ considerations in urban policymaking fit within wider theories of the care-full just city. Specifically, we consider practical ways to bring together what people with disability consider the most important initiatives to enhance their social inclusion in the city, and the perceptions of local government officers about what initiatives are feasible to implement in the context of complex urban governance structures. While feasibility and care-full justice might appear incompatible, we argue that notions of responsibility, competence, resourcing and action are all integral to both ‘feasibility’ and the care-full just city. This discussion is informed ..