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The spirit level : why greater equality makes societies stronger / Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.

Por: Colaborador(es): Tipo de material: TextoTextoSeries International BestsellerEditor: New York : London : Bloomsbury Press, 2011Edición: This paperback edition published 2011Descripción: xxi, 374 páginas : ilustraciones, gráficas ; 21 cmTipo de contenido:
  • texto
Tipo de medio:
  • sin mediación
Tipo de soporte:
  • volumen
ISBN:
  • 9781608190362
  • 1608190366
Otro título:
  • Why greater equality makes societies stronger [Parte del título]
Tema(s): Clasificación LoC:
  • HM 821 W55.2011
Contenidos:
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.
Resumen: 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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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.

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.