How market promotes equality in a democratic country?
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all Crowley responds to Michael McDowell's recent broadside against the notion of equality.
Equality is about celebrating diversity rather than imposing homogeneity. It is about securing real choices for all groups in our society rather than merely allowing opportunities that are all too often illusory. It is about dismantling the barriers of discrimination that flow from individual prejudice and action and from institutional practices and systems.
The search for a more equal society focuses on access to resources, a wider participation in decision-making and an enhancement of democracy, a new valuing of difference and diversity, and on according a respect to the diversity of groups in society.
All this involves a significant commitment to - and investment in - equality. It reflects the centrality of equality in achieving economic development, social cohesion and greater democracy. It gives expression to a business case for equality and a significant demand for equality across society.