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consideration of the thoughts of de Tocqueville regarding the nature of freedom and inequality within a liberal democracy, a question springs to mind: Did the passion for equality that was developing amongst the people represent a danger to the system of liberal democracy? For as de Tocqueville states, there existed “a depraved taste for equality… [which] reduces men to prefer equality in slavery than inequality with freedom.”2 Alexis de Tocqueville believed that the most modern paradigm of the liberal

essentiels, mais doit accroître l’horizon de choix et la liberté réelle des individus, en étendant leur « capabilité » (capability), que Sen définit comme « les diverses combinaisons de fonctionnement (états et actions) que la personne peut accomplir » (Inequality Reexamined, 1992). Enfin, le concept de développement durable (proposé par le rapport Bruntland en 1987) a introduit une dimension intergénérationnelle au développement, en y intégrant la façon dont les modes de production et de consommation actuels

effets de la diffusion des TIC sur les inégalités dans l’accès à l’emploi et de salaire (The Inequality Puzzle). Les six chapitres du volume, suivis chacun d’un commentaire et encadrés par une introduction et une conclusion, font le point, dans un langage non technique sur les principaux résultats obtenus par la recherche. Chaque chapitre a été rédigé par des spécialistes reconnus. Productivity, Inequality and the Digital Economy: A Transatlantic Perspective Dirigé par Nathalie Greenan, Yannick

responsable des insuffisances du texte et du choix de ne pas avoir suivi tous les conseils prodigués pour ce texte. économiepublique no 24-25 - 2009 / 1-2, 17-39 panorama Alain Trannoy Mots clés : Stochastic Dominance ; Equality of Opportunity ; Inequality in Health ; Intergenerational Transmission J.E.L. : D63, I12 1. Introduction Les économistes de la santé n’ont pas toujours à l’esprit la singularité de leur domaine dans son rapport avec les concepts d’égalité et d’équité. Je dégagerai trois

increased: in the UK around 12,658,000 working age women are in paid formal employment. In the same time, we can notice that men’s experiences are in reduction. It seems that women are almost in equal position than men, but in reality it always exists inequality between men and women’s position in the labour market. The labour market demands and its structure are changing and what is more the gender difference has a trend to gradually decrease that, though, does not necessarily mean that they have already

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one. Social liberalism, as set out most clearly in L. T. Hobhouse's Liberalism in 1911,2 places freedom above all, but sees twin threats to freedom: economic inequality and over-mighty state power. So when inequality is neglected by government, social liberals tend to focus on policies to tackle it. When government is working to reduce inequality, social liberals are more likely to be concerned about tempering the power of the state. This mix of attitudes ¯ows more clearly from social liberalism than

divisions were harshly enforced as part of the government's official policy of Apartheid, or apartness. Although the government began to dismantle apartheid in 1989 after prolonged resistance, protest, and international economic sanctions, racial inequality remains pronounced in South Africa. ----------------------- [pic]

Even if most of Affirmative Action’s purposes are ethical, it would be useful to examine the Affirmative Action practices themselves to see if it is really ethical and useful for our democracies. II. Affirmative Action practices always lead to inequality situations Lisa Newton, professor of philosophy and director of the program in Applied Ethics at Fairfield University, well-known as a Jesuit university which tries to teach his students ethical and religious values and a sense of social responsibility