The spirit level : why greater equality makes societies stronger / Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
This eye-opening UK bestseller shows how one single factor--the gap between its richest and poorest members--can determine the health and well-being of a society. The authors also outline a new political outlook in which a shift from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more sustainable soci...
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New York :
Bloomsbury Press,
2011.
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| Edition: | Paperback edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 374 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The spirit level : |b why greater equality makes societies stronger / |c Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. |
| 250 | |a Paperback edition. | ||
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| 500 | |a First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, 2009. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-342) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Material success, social failure. The end of an era -- Poverty or inequality? -- How inequality gets under the skin -- The costs of inequality. Community life and social relations -- Mental health and drug use -- Physical health and life expectancy -- Obesity: wider income gaps, wider waists -- Educational performance -- Teenage births: recycling deprivation -- Violence: gaining respect -- Imprisonment and punishment -- Social mobility: unequal opportunities -- A better society. Dysfunctional societies -- Our social inheritance -- Equality and sustainability -- Building the future. | |
| 520 | |a This eye-opening UK bestseller shows how one single factor--the gap between its richest and poorest members--can determine the health and well-being of a society. The authors also outline a new political outlook in which a shift from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more sustainable society is paramount. | ||
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