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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard G Wilkinson; Kate Pickett |
| ISBN: | 9781608190362 1608190366 |
| OCLC Number: | 401149670 |
| Notes: | First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, 2009. |
| Description: | xv, 330 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. |
Abstract:
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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