The spirit level
Subtitle: why greater equality makes societies stronger
By: Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett
Contributors: Pickett, Kate.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781608190362
Subjects: Equality; Social mobility; Quality of life; Social policy
Description: 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.
Notes: First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: Material success, social failure. The end of an era; title: Poverty or inequality?; title: How inequality gets under the skin; title: The costs of inequality. Community life and social relations; title: Mental health and drug use; title: Physical health and life expectancy; title: Obesity: wider income gaps, wider waists; title: Educational performance; title: Teenage births: recycling deprivation; title: Violence: gaining respect; title: Imprisonment and punishment; title: Social mobility: unequal opportunities; title: A better society. Dysfunctional societies; title: Our social inheritance; title: Equality and sustainability; title: Building the future.