Rural accessibility, social inclusion and social justice: towards conceptualisation

The development of accessibility as a policy element is analysed. Setting greater accessibility as a goal is a potentially powerful driver of policy because it requires that policy sectors interact: otherwise the goal of achieving greater accessibility as a means of greater social inclusion and social justice cannot be fully attained. It is concluded that the new narrative of accessibility, if itself soundly conceptualised, is a sine qua non for the social justice project.