2009, ISBN: 9781846140396

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Piatkus Books, 2005-05-26. Paperback. Good. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the page edges., Piatkus Books, 2005-05-26, 2.5, Allen Lane. Very Good. 5.67 x 1.3 x 8.74… Mehr…

Piatkus Books, 2005-05-26. Paperback. Good. Book is in good condition. Slight discolouration to the page edges., Piatkus Books, 2005-05-26, 2.5, Allen Lane. Very Good. 5.67 x 1.3 x 8.74 inches. Hardcover. 2009. 352 pages. <br>The eye-opening and headline-generating UK bestsel ler that shows how one single factor-the gap between its richest and poorest members-can determine the health and well-being of a society. This is a book with a big idea, big enough to change p olitical thinking...In half a page [The Spirit Level] tells you m ore about the pain of inequality than any play or novel could.-Su nday Times (UK ) It is well established that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every soc ial problem. Now a groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' re search, takes an important step past this idea. The Spirit Level shows that there is one common factor that links the healthiest a nd happiest societies: the degree of equality among their members . Not wealth; not resources; not culture, climate, diet, or syste m of government. Furthermore, more-unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them-the well-off as well as the poor. T he remarkable data assembled in The Spirit Level reveals striking differences, not only among the nations of the first world but e ven within America's fifty states. Almost every modern social pro blem-ill-health, violence, lack of community life, teen pregnancy , mental illness-is more likely to occur in a less-equal society. This is why America, by most measures the richest country on ear th, has per capita shorter average lifespan, more cases of mental illness, more obesity, and more of its citizens in prison than a ny other developed nation. Wilkinson and Pickett lay bare the c ontradiction between material success and social failure in today 's world, but they do not simply provide a diagnosis of our woes. They offer readers a way toward a new political outlook, shiftin g from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more sustaina ble society. The Spirit Level is pioneering in its research, powe rful in its revelations, and inspiring in its conclusion: Armed w ith this new understanding of why communities prosper, we have th e tools to revitalize our politics and help all our fellow citize ns, from the bottom of the ladder to the top. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Wilkinson and Pickett mak e an eloquent case that the income gap between a nation's richest and poorest is the most powerful indicator of a functioning and healthy society. Amid the statistics that support their argument (increasing income disparity sees corresponding spikes in homicid e, obesity, drug use, mental illness, anxiety, teenage pregnancie s, high school dropouts--even incidents of playground bullying), the authors take an empathetic view of our ability to see beyond self-interest. While there are shades of Darwinism in the human h unt for status, there is evidence that the human brain--with its distinctively large neocortex--evolved the way it has because we were designed to be attentive to, depend on, and be depended on b y others. Wilkinson and Pickett do not advocate one way or the ot her to close the equality gap. Government redistribution of wealt h and market forces that create wealth can be equally effective, and the authors provide examples of both. How societies achieve e quality, they argue, is less important than achieving it in the f irst place. Felicitous prose and fascinating findings make this e ssential reading. (Jan.) Copyright ® Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Richard Wilkinson has played a formative role i n international research on inequality, and his work has been pub lished in ten languages. He is professor emeritus at the Universi ty of Nottingham Medical School. Kate Pickett is a senior lecture r at the University of York and a National Institute for Health R esearch Career Scientist. They live in North Yorkshire, England. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of t his title. Review A important book ... [Wilkinson and Pickett] argue that gross inequality tears at the human psyche, creating a nxiety, distrust and an array of mental and physical ailments -- and they cite mountains of data to support their argument. ?Nicho las Kristof, New York Times Wilkinson and Pickett make an eloque nt case that the income gap between a nation's richest and poores t is the most powerful indicator of a functioning and healthy soc iety...Felicitous prose and fascinating findings make this essent ial reading. ?Publishers Weekly (starred) In this fascinating so ciological study, the authors do an excellent job of presenting t he research, analyzing nuances, and offering policy suggestions f or creating more equal and sustainable societies. For all readers , specialized or not, with an interest in understanding the dynam ics today between economic and social conditions. ?Library Journa l The Spirit Level will change the way you think about life, lib erty and the pursuit of happiness, especially if you live in the United States. You will reexamine what it means to be successful, how you will seek and achieve personal satisfaction, and what yo u owe your fellow citizen. ?Jo Perry, BookBrowse It has take n two experts from the field of public health to deliver a major study of the effects of inequality on society. Though Richard Wil kinson and Kate Pickett are British, their research explores the United States in depth, and their work is an important contributi on to the debate our country needs. ?Robert B. Reich, from the fo reword Might be the most important book of the year. ?Guardian Fascinating and deeply provoking...The Spirit Level does contain a powerful political message. It is impossible to read it and not to be impressed by how often greater equality appears to be the answer, whatever happens to be the question. It provides a connec tion between what otherwise look like disparate social problems. ?David Runciman, London Review of Books This is a book with a bi g idea, big enough to change political thinking ... In half a pag e [The Spirit Level] tells you more about the pain of inequality than any play or novel could. ?John Carey, Sunday Times Epidemio logists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett don't soft-soap their message. It is brave to write a book arguing that economies shoul d stop growing when millions of jobs are being lost ... we know t here is something going wrong, and this book goes a long way towa rds explaining why ... anyone who believes that society is the re sult of what we do, rather than who we are, should read The Spiri t Level because of its unarguable battery of evidence, and becaus e its conclusion is simple: we do better when we're equal. ?Lynse y Hanley, Guardian A crucial contribution to the ideological arg ument. [The Spirit Level] demonstrates the scientific truth of th e assertion that social democrats have made for a hundred years - sometimes more out of hope than intellectual certainty ... Equal ity is not just a policy for the poor; it benefits us all and, th erefore, should appeal to us all ... The importance of The Spirit Level is that it provides a vital part of the intellectual manif esto on which the battle for a better society can be fought. ?Roy Hattersley, New Statesman The connection [between income inequa lity and dysfunctional societies] is spelt out with stark clarity in Wilkinson and Pickett's remarkable new book. Income inequalit y, they show beyond any doubt, is not just bad for those at the b ottom but for everyone. ?Will Hutton, Observer Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett put forward compelling evidence that income ine qualities are at the root of a wide range of health and social pr oblems in society. ?Niall Crowley, Irish Times Weekend Review Wi lkinson and Pickett make a powerful argument as they pile on the charts linking inequality and society's problems. ?Brian Clegg, B BC Focus [That Inequality causes social ills] is a sweeping clai m, yet the evidence, here painstakingly marshaled, is hard to dis pute. ?Economist The Spirit Level reconciles the contradictory i mpulses the financial crisis creates [and] marshals voluminous ev idence. ?Guardian Many readers will be inspired as I am by a new book, The Spirit Level ... Wilson and Pickett compare not only d ifferent countries, but also the 50 US states. They show that gre ater equality benefits not just the poor, but all occupational gr oups. [The Spirit Level has] lots of graphs but no jargon. ?Peter Wilby, New Statesman [Wilkinson and Pickett] argue that, among the rich countries of the world, states with less inequality in i ncomes perform better on a wide range of indicators ... The argum ent is a powerful counter to any simple equation of social progre ss and the advance of GDP. ?John Kay, Financial Times A spruce, straightforward writing style is periodically illustrated with cl ear, easy-to-grasp graphs, presenting information from a wide arr ay of sources ... it is fascinating. ?Stephen Price, Sunday Busin ess Post Agenda Compelling and shocking. All free marketers shou ld be made to memorize it from cover to cover. ?Yasmin Alibhai-Br own, Independent --This text refers to an out of print or unavail able edition of this title. ., Allen Lane, 2009, 3<

2009, ISBN: 9781846140396

Allen Lane. Very Good. 5.67 x 1.3 x 8.74 inches. Hardcover. 2009. 352 pages. <br>The eye-opening and headline-generating UK bestsel ler that shows how one single factor-the gap betw… Mehr…

Allen Lane. Very Good. 5.67 x 1.3 x 8.74 inches. Hardcover. 2009. 352 pages. <br>The eye-opening and headline-generating UK bestsel ler that shows how one single factor-the gap between its richest and poorest members-can determine the health and well-being of a society. This is a book with a big idea, big enough to change p olitical thinking...In half a page [The Spirit Level] tells you m ore about the pain of inequality than any play or novel could.-Su nday Times (UK ) It is well established that in rich societies the poor have shorter lives and suffer more from almost every soc ial problem. Now a groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' re search, takes an important step past this idea. The Spirit Level shows that there is one common factor that links the healthiest a nd happiest societies: the degree of equality among their members . Not wealth; not resources; not culture, climate, diet, or syste m of government. Furthermore, more-unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them-the well-off as well as the poor. T he remarkable data assembled in The Spirit Level reveals striking differences, not only among the nations of the first world but e ven within America's fifty states. Almost every modern social pro blem-ill-health, violence, lack of community life, teen pregnancy , mental illness-is more likely to occur in a less-equal society. This is why America, by most measures the richest country on ear th, has per capita shorter average lifespan, more cases of mental illness, more obesity, and more of its citizens in prison than a ny other developed nation. Wilkinson and Pickett lay bare the c ontradiction between material success and social failure in today 's world, but they do not simply provide a diagnosis of our woes. They offer readers a way toward a new political outlook, shiftin g from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more sustaina ble society. The Spirit Level is pioneering in its research, powe rful in its revelations, and inspiring in its conclusion: Armed w ith this new understanding of why communities prosper, we have th e tools to revitalize our politics and help all our fellow citize ns, from the bottom of the ladder to the top. Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Wilkinson and Pickett mak e an eloquent case that the income gap between a nation's richest and poorest is the most powerful indicator of a functioning and healthy society. Amid the statistics that support their argument (increasing income disparity sees corresponding spikes in homicid e, obesity, drug use, mental illness, anxiety, teenage pregnancie s, high school dropouts--even incidents of playground bullying), the authors take an empathetic view of our ability to see beyond self-interest. While there are shades of Darwinism in the human h unt for status, there is evidence that the human brain--with its distinctively large neocortex--evolved the way it has because we were designed to be attentive to, depend on, and be depended on b y others. Wilkinson and Pickett do not advocate one way or the ot her to close the equality gap. Government redistribution of wealt h and market forces that create wealth can be equally effective, and the authors provide examples of both. How societies achieve e quality, they argue, is less important than achieving it in the f irst place. Felicitous prose and fascinating findings make this e ssential reading. (Jan.) Copyright ® Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. About the Author Richard Wilkinson has played a formative role i n international research on inequality, and his work has been pub lished in ten languages. He is professor emeritus at the Universi ty of Nottingham Medical School. Kate Pickett is a senior lecture r at the University of York and a National Institute for Health R esearch Career Scientist. They live in North Yorkshire, England. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of t his title. Review A important book ... [Wilkinson and Pickett] argue that gross inequality tears at the human psyche, creating a nxiety, distrust and an array of mental and physical ailments -- and they cite mountains of data to support their argument. ?Nicho las Kristof, New York Times Wilkinson and Pickett make an eloque nt case that the income gap between a nation's richest and poores t is the most powerful indicator of a functioning and healthy soc iety...Felicitous prose and fascinating findings make this essent ial reading. ?Publishers Weekly (starred) In this fascinating so ciological study, the authors do an excellent job of presenting t he research, analyzing nuances, and offering policy suggestions f or creating more equal and sustainable societies. For all readers , specialized or not, with an interest in understanding the dynam ics today between economic and social conditions. ?Library Journa l The Spirit Level will change the way you think about life, lib erty and the pursuit of happiness, especially if you live in the United States. You will reexamine what it means to be successful, how you will seek and achieve personal satisfaction, and what yo u owe your fellow citizen. ?Jo Perry, BookBrowse It has take n two experts from the field of public health to deliver a major study of the effects of inequality on society. Though Richard Wil kinson and Kate Pickett are British, their research explores the United States in depth, and their work is an important contributi on to the debate our country needs. ?Robert B. Reich, from the fo reword Might be the most important book of the year. ?Guardian Fascinating and deeply provoking...The Spirit Level does contain a powerful political message. It is impossible to read it and not to be impressed by how often greater equality appears to be the answer, whatever happens to be the question. It provides a connec tion between what otherwise look like disparate social problems. ?David Runciman, London Review of Books This is a book with a bi g idea, big enough to change political thinking ... In half a pag e [The Spirit Level] tells you more about the pain of inequality than any play or novel could. ?John Carey, Sunday Times Epidemio logists Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett don't soft-soap their message. It is brave to write a book arguing that economies shoul d stop growing when millions of jobs are being lost ... we know t here is something going wrong, and this book goes a long way towa rds explaining why ... anyone who believes that society is the re sult of what we do, rather than who we are, should read The Spiri t Level because of its unarguable battery of evidence, and becaus e its conclusion is simple: we do better when we're equal. ?Lynse y Hanley, Guardian A crucial contribution to the ideological arg ument. [The Spirit Level] demonstrates the scientific truth of th e assertion that social democrats have made for a hundred years - sometimes more out of hope than intellectual certainty ... Equal ity is not just a policy for the poor; it benefits us all and, th erefore, should appeal to us all ... The importance of The Spirit Level is that it provides a vital part of the intellectual manif esto on which the battle for a better society can be fought. ?Roy Hattersley, New Statesman The connection [between income inequa lity and dysfunctional societies] is spelt out with stark clarity in Wilkinson and Pickett's remarkable new book. Income inequalit y, they show beyond any doubt, is not just bad for those at the b ottom but for everyone. ?Will Hutton, Observer Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett put forward compelling evidence that income ine qualities are at the root of a wide range of health and social pr oblems in society. ?Niall Crowley, Irish Times Weekend Review Wi lkinson and Pickett make a powerful argument as they pile on the charts linking inequality and society's problems. ?Brian Clegg, B BC Focus [That Inequality causes social ills] is a sweeping clai m, yet the evidence, here painstakingly marshaled, is hard to dis pute. ?Economist The Spirit Level reconciles the contradictory i mpulses the financial crisis creates [and] marshals voluminous ev idence. ?Guardian Many readers will be inspired as I am by a new book, The Spirit Level ... Wilson and Pickett compare not only d ifferent countries, but also the 50 US states. They show that gre ater equality benefits not just the poor, but all occupational gr oups. [The Spirit Level has] lots of graphs but no jargon. ?Peter Wilby, New Statesman [Wilkinson and Pickett] argue that, among the rich countries of the world, states with less inequality in i ncomes perform better on a wide range of indicators ... The argum ent is a powerful counter to any simple equation of social progre ss and the advance of GDP. ?John Kay, Financial Times A spruce, straightforward writing style is periodically illustrated with cl ear, easy-to-grasp graphs, presenting information from a wide arr ay of sources ... it is fascinating. ?Stephen Price, Sunday Busin ess Post Agenda Compelling and shocking. All free marketers shou ld be made to memorize it from cover to cover. ?Yasmin Alibhai-Br own, Independent --This text refers to an out of print or unavail able edition of this title. ., Allen Lane, 2009, 3<

2009, ISBN: 1846140390

[EAN: 9781846140396], Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 20.64], [PU: Allen Lane, London], Jacket, 8vo pp. xvii 2 347. "Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do Americans … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781846140396], Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 20.64], [PU: Allen Lane, London], Jacket, 8vo pp. xvii 2 347. "Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy than the French? What makes the Swedish thinner than the Greeks? The answer: inequality. // This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: -- How?, Books<