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Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French? What makes the Swedish thinner than the Greeks? The answer: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: how almost everything - from life expectancy to depression levels, violence to illiteracy - is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is; that societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them - including the well-off; and, how we can find positive solutions and move towards a happier, fairer future. Urgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, "The Spirit Level" has been heralded as providing a new way of thinking about ourselves and our communities, and could change the way you see the world.
| ISBN | 0141032367 | | Pages | 368 | | ISBN13 | 9780141032368
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 274 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 04 Feb 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY | 305.5 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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| | | Preface | | | | | | Acknowledgments | | | | | | Note on Graphs | | | | PART ONE | | Material Success, Social Failure | | | | 1 | | The end of an era | | 3 | | 2 | | Poverty or inequality? | | 15 | | 3 | | How inequality gets under the skin | | 31 | | PART TWO | | The Costs of inequality | | | | 4 | | Communityd life and Social relations | | 49 | | 5 | | Mental health and drug use | | 63 | | 6 | | Physical health and life expectancy | | 73 | | 7 | | Obesity: wider income gaps, wider waists | | 89 | | 8 | | Educational performance | | 103 | | 9 | | Teenage births: recycling deprivaton | | 119 | | 10 | | Violence: Gaining respect | | 129 | | 11 | | Imprisonment and punishment | | 145 | | 12 | | Social moblity: unequal opportunities | | 157 | | PART THREE | | A Better Society | | | | 13 | | Dysfunctional societies | | 173 | | 14 | | Our social Inheritance | | 197 | | 15 | | Equality and sustainability | | 217 | | 16 | | Building the future | | 235 | | | | The Equality Trust | | 273 | | | | Appendix | | 275 | | | | Sources of Data for the indices of Health and Social Problems | | 280 | | | | Statistics | | 284 | | | | References | | 286 | | | | Index | | 315 |
This is an excellent well researched book which works whether you choose to dip in and out of over a period of time or read it all at once.<br>It challenges how we think about a wide range of issues and cannot be ignored.<br>Evidence is well presented and easy to understand.<br>Overall rating from me is excellent! - Linda Ward Write a review
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