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The spirit level : why more equal societies almost always do better / Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett.
LIBRA HM821 .W55 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilkinson, Richard G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Equality.
- Social problems.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Allen Lane, 2009.
- Contents:
- The end of an era
- Poverty or inequality?
- How inequality gets under the skin
- 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
- Dysfunctional societies
- Our social inheritance
- Equality and sustainability
- Building the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John G. Hartman Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781846140396
- 1846140390
- OCLC:
- 276648834
- Publisher Number:
- 99934851127
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