![]() ![]() The authors also outline a new political outlook in which a shift from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more sustainable society is paramount. |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. Dysfunctional societies - Our social inheritance - Equality and sustainability - Building the future. 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. The end of an era - Poverty or inequality? - How inequality gets under the skin - The costs of inequality. |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-342) and index. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. |a First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, 2009. The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger - Kindle edition by Wilkinson, Richard, Pickett, Kate. ![]() |a xxi, 374 pages : |b illustrations |c 21 cm |a New York : |b Bloomsbury Press, |c 2011. |a The spirit level : |b why greater equality makes societies stronger / |c Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. ![]()
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