Richard G. Wilkinson

Unhealthy Societies (eBook, ePUB)

The Afflictions of Inequality

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Among developed countries it is not the richest societies that have the best health, but those that have the smallest income differences between rich and poor. Why? This book shows that social cohesion is crucial to the quality of life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134872794
• Artikelnr.: 47888663

Autorenporträt

Richard G. Wilkinson is Senior Research Fellow at The Trafford Centre for Medical Research, University of Sussex.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. Introduction The Health of Societies Chapter 2. Health becomes a
social science Chapter 3. Rising life expectancy and the epidemiological
transition Health Inequalities Within Societies Chapter 4. The problem of
health inequalities Chapter 5. Income distribution and health, Social
Cohesion and Social Conflict Chapter 6. A small town in the USA, war-time
Britain, Eastern Europe and Japan Chapter 7. An anthropology of social
cohesion Chapter 8. The symptoms of disintegration How Society Kills
Chapter 9. The psycho-social causes of illness Chapter 10. Baboons, Civil
Servants and children's height Redistribution, Economic Growth and the
Quality of Life Chapter 11. Social capital: putting Humpty together again