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100 1 0 _aGonthier, Frédéric
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245 0 0 _aEqual Meritocratic Opportunities : Between Democratic Abstraction and Sociological Realism
260 _c2007.
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520 _aThe dominating model of social justice in democratic countries can be characterized by a combination of equality of opportunities and merit. But how can its internal validity be guaranteed as equality is grounded on a principle of identity between retributions, and merit on a principle of proportionality between contribution and retribution ? If we look at the data from two international surveys ( EVS, 1999 ; ISSP - Social inequalities, 1999), we can also observe that the model has a strong external validity. The wide consensus over items related to the reduction of inequalities and to the recognition of merit makes it possible to identify a cumulative conception of social justice. The model therefore appears to be congruent with an extended conception of justice : fairness can be introduced as a counterclaim, compensating for the dysfunctional consequences of a meritocratical allocation of resources.
786 0 _nL’Année sociologique | 57 | 1 | 2007-03-01 | p. 151-176 | 0066-2399
856 4 1 _uhttps://shs.cairn.info/journal-l-annee-sociologique-2007-1-page-151?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080
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