Discrimination forms in the professional area

  • Gabriel Stoiciu
  • Raluca Popescu Lecturer with the Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance at the University of Bucharest, and 3rd rank scientific researcher with the Institute of Quality of Life Research, Romanian Academy
  • Ramona Caramalau PhD in sociology, graduate of the Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance and of an Advanced Research Master
Keywords: discrimination, tolerance, inclusion policies, minorities

Abstract

When a group, irrespective of the species, uses identification elements/signals between its members and ones of differentiation against one or more individuals to adopt a certain delimitation attitude, we deal with discriminative behaviour. Always rooted in the prejudices widespread in the society, the nature and reasons of such behaviour depend both on the way in which society and its institutions are structured, and on collective representations and cultural patterns. The marginalisation or discrediting practices of the "weak" (women, elderly or disabled individuals) or of promoting a model of citizen with a certain cultural profile, physical aspect, and socio-professional condition involves, inherently, the existence of a part of population that is excluded to a certain extent. This paper presents the opinions of Romanians regarding minorities in general, and about their access to labour market, being the outcome of analysing data resulting from a 2011 survey.

Published
2016-09-01
How to Cite
Stoiciu, G., Popescu, R. and Caramalau, R. (2016) “Discrimination forms in the professional area”, Journal of Community Positive Practices, 16(3), pp. 13-31. Available at: http://jppc.ro/en/index.php/jppc/article/view/317 (Accessed: 3July2024).
Issue
No. 3 (2016): JCPP Nr. 3 2016
Section
Articles