The spirit level : why greater equality makes societies stronger / Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
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TextPublication details: New York : Bloomsbury, c2011. Description: xxi, 374 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN: 9781608193417; 9781608190362; 9781608191703Subject(s): Public Policy | Social mobility | Income distribution | Social structure | Social problems | Equality | Quality of life | Social policy | Quality of life -- Social policy | Social system | Community | SociologyDDC classification: 306.01 WIL
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Contents:
PART ONE : Material Success, Social Failure
1. The end of an era
2. Poverty or inequality?
3. How inequality gets under the skin
PART TWO : The Costs of Inequality
4. Community life and social relations
5. Mental health and drug use
6. Physical health and life expectancy
7. Obesity: wider income gaps, wider waists
8. Educational performance
9. Teenage births: recycling deprivation
10. Violence: gaining respect
11. Imprisonment and punishment
12. Social mobility: unequal opportunities
PART THREE : A better society
13. Dysfunctional societies
14. Our social inheritance
15. Equality and sustainability
16. Building the future
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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