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Spirit Level Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

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ISBN-10: 1608193411

ISBN-13: 9781608193417

Edition: 2011

Authors: Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett

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Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 5/3/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.55" wide x 8.20" long x 1.05" tall
Weight: 0.792

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Note on Graphs
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
Postscript - Research Meets Politics
The Equality Trust
Appendix
Sources of Data for the Indices of Health and Social Problems
Statistics
References
Index