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TITLE The Spirit Level : Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger / Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.
PUBLISHER/YEAR New York
Bloomsbury Press
2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION - XV, 330 p. : ill.
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-297) and index.
ADDED NAME Pickett, Kate
ISBN 9781608190362

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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.

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