Egalitatea de sanse pentru toţi – un deziderat al democraţiei
The Equality of Chances for all the Citizens – a Requirement of Democracy

Summary/Abstract: The thesis is focused upon a subject of present interest in the contemporary Europe: equality of chances for all citizens, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, sex, disability, age etc. All Europeans must have the same chances and opportunities. The laws adopted by the European Union in 2000 regarding equality condemn any discrimination as illegal. The promotion of the concept of equality of chances presupposes that at the level of the social system discriminating actions are being manifested against some individuals or groups of individuals, actions that are generally harmful to the entire society. In this respect, the most affected groups are the minorities (ethnic, religious etc.), women, elders, disabled persons and almost all poor people, persons with low income that do not have the capacity and do not find themselves in the position to have any influence upon and negotiate with power structures from the social system. In the labour market there is segregation between sexes in the case of occupations, being acknowledged that in the fields in which women are dominant, jobs are usually poorly paid. The „feminized” activities of the national economy are health and education, fields in which the income is smaller than the national average. Furthermore, the massive drop in employment after 1990 affected especially the disabled people.

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