The Inner Level
How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-being
$23.24
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2019
Summary
The sequel to the global phenomenon The Spirit Level, this book explores the impact of inequality on each of us individually.
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett’s The Spirit Level, now published in more than twenty languages, has been one of the most influential non-fiction books published in the last decade, showing conclusively how less equal societies fare worse than more equal ones across a whole range of social measures - health, education, levels of violence, l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141975399 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141975393 |
| Author: | Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2019 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
The question of inequality is likely to play a bigger role in the next election than it has for more than a generation. It would be better for all of us if that debate was informed by robust statistical analysis rather than the emotive politics of envy. Any politician wishing to do so would be wise to read Wilkinson and Pickett’s books. – Andrew Anthony * Observer *
It holds the reader’s attention by elaborating a phenomenon most will already have observed, and by providing an explanation for the dysfunction they see around them, from the brazen disregard for rules among many corporate and political leaders to the nihilism of drug addicts and school-shooters * Economist *
About The Author
Richard Wilkinson
Richard Wilkinson is Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham and Honorary Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London.
Kate Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology and University Research Champion for Justice and Equality at the University of York.
Together, Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett founded the Equality Trust, which seeks to promote public understanding of the effects of inequality.
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