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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The spirit level: why greater equality makes societies stronger
2010, Bloomsbury Press
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Table of 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.
Edition Notes
First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-297) and index.
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