TEFI TCA – id. code 3919 Final report INDEX INTRODUCTION I ...

TEFI TCA – id. code 3919The people are imagined as being virtual assembled at least. Thepeople are the bearer of the sovereignty. The sovereignty of peoplecannot be delegated principally. The constituent force is based uponthe citizens’ practice of self-determination, not in practice of theirrepresentatives.So in a primarily republican shaped context the fight againstdiscrimination on labour market is seen as an issue of democracy.Discrimination even on the labour market is violating thediscriminated persons’ sovereignty. The citizens’ practice of selfdeterminationas the source of democracy is restricted thus directlychallenging the consensual interpretation of the coherent republicansystem of values, beliefs, attitudes and norms. Accordingly anypractical solution will be based on or at least accompanied by acomprehensive ethic-political discourse not putting the countableresults in the foreground. Under a liberal key such an approach mayappear as a political campaign of education.1.1.2 Private, mixed and collective goodsIf EQAUL can be seen as an experimental ground to fight againstdisadvantage and discrimination with the aim to identify products,procedures and structures to be sustainable the character of goodsbecomes important. In welfare economics goods are basicallycharacterized by the properties ‘Rivalness/ Non-rivalness’ and‘Excludability/ Non-excludability’ in respect to consumption. A goodwhich is rival and excludable is called a private one. Examples areFinal report 19