TY  - BOOK
AU  - WILKINSON,Richard G.
AU  - Pickett,Kate
TI  - The spirit level: why greater equality makes societies stronger 
SN  - 9781608190362 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
AV  - HM 821 .W55 2009
U1  - 306.01 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bloomsbury Press
KW  - Equality
KW  - Social mobility
KW  - Quality of life
KW  - Social policy
N1  - First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane, 2009; Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-297) and index; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -