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  • The Impact of Inequality

    How to Make Sick Societies Healthier

    by Richard Wilkinson ...
    A "powerful and provocative" inquiry into the relationship between societies' inequality and their citizens' health, happiness and well-being (Lisa Berkman, Harvard School of Public Health).Comparing the United States with other market democracies, and one American state with another, this book presents irrefutable evidence that inequality is a driver of poor health, social conflict, and violence. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Spirit Level

    Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger

    by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett ...
    Groundbreaking analysis showing that greater economic equality-not greater wealth-is the mark of the most successful societies, and offering new ways to achieve it."Get your hands on this book."-Bill MoyersThis groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' research, demonstrates that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them-the well-off and the poor. The remarkable data the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Inner Level

    How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-Being

    by Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett ...
    A groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skinWhy are people more relaxed and at ease with each other in some countries than others? Why do we worry so much about what others think of us and often feel social life is a stressful performance? Why is mental illness three times as common in the USA as in Germany? Why is the American dream more of a reality ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Act now

    A vision for a better future and a new social contract

    by Common Sense Policy Group, Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson, Danny Dorling ...
    An inspiring manifesto offering a radical vision for our political future.We live in an age of crisis and decline. The right presents ‘solutions’ that only worsen the situation, driving a downward cycle in which desperation leads to despair. But the left is also to blame: progressive politicians have consistently failed to recognise both the urgency of people’s need and their receptiveness to new ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases

    by Judicial College, Hon. Mrs Justice Lambert DBE, Master Lisa Sullivan, Stuart McKechnie KC, Steven Snowden KC, Richard Wilkinson ...
    The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases. The first edition of this title was regarded as a landmark in personal injury practice. Each succeeding issue has built on this reputation and the book has now firmly established itself as essential reading for all those involved in the ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Social Determinants of Health

    by Michael Marmot, Richard Wilkinson ...
    Social Determinants of Health, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it provides accessible summaries of the scientific justification for isolating different aspects of social and economic life as the primary ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Social Determinants of Health

    Edited by Michael Marmot, Richard Wilkinson ...
    Social Determinants of Health, 2nd Edition gives an authoritative overview of the social and economic factors which are known to be the most powerful determinants of population health in modern societies. Written by acknowledged experts in each field, it provides accessible summaries of the scientific justification for isolating different aspects of social and economic life as the primary ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Lloyd George

    Statesman or Scoundrel

    by Richard Wilkinson ...
    David Lloyd George left a profound political legacy, despite being described by the wife of his successor, Herbert Asquith, as a 'gambler without foresight'. He is, of course, best known as the Prime Minister who led Britain to victory in World War I, but his contribution to domestic politics was similarly impressive. As Chancellor of the Exchequer he introduced pensions and national insurance ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases

    by Mrs Justice Lambert DBE, Lisa Sullivan, Stuart McKechnie KC, Steven Snowden KC, Richard Wilkinson ...
    Series series Judicial College Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages in Personal Injury Cases
    The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages is designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases. The first edition of this title was regarded as a landmark in personal injury practice. Each succeeding issue has built on this reputation and the book has now firmly established itself as an essential reference for all those involved in ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality

    by Danny Dorling ...
    Series series No-Nonsense Guides
    The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality discusses the positive effects that equality can have, using examples and case studies from across the globe, including many from the United States. It examines the lessons of history and covers race, gender and ethnicity, age, and wealth. Danny Dorling considers, realistically, just how equal it is possible to be, the challenges we face, and the factors that will ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Louis XIV

    by Richard Wilkinson ...
    Series series Routledge Historical Biographies
    Louis XIV ruled France for more than half a century and is typically remembered for his absolutism, his patronage of the arts and his lavish lifestyle – culminating in the building of Versailles. This original and lively biography focuses on Louis’s personal life while keeping the needs of the history student at the forefront, featuring analysis of Louis’s wider significance in history and the ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Health and Social Organization

    Towards a Health Policy for the 21st Century

    Edited by David Blane, Eric Brunner, Richard Wilkinson ...
    There is widespread recognition that the most powerful determinants of health today are to be found in social, economic and cultural circumstances. These include: ecnomic growth, income distribution, consumption, work oganisation, unemployment and job insecurity, social and family structure, education and deprivation, and they are all aspects of 'social organisation'. In ^Health and Social ... Read more

    $103.99 USD