{"product_id":"the-spirit-level-richard-wilkinson","title":"The Spirit Level (Richard Wilkinson)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett's \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone\u003c\/i\u003e is the most influential and talked-about book on society in the last decade - now updated with a new chapter on the controversy the book has ignited.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  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 Australians? The answer: inequality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow almost everything - from life expectancy to mental illness, violence to illiteracy - is affected not by how wealthy a society is, but how equal it is\u003cbr\u003eThat societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them - including the well-off \u003cbr\u003eHow we can find positive solutions and move towards a happier, fairer future\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  Urgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e has been heralded as providing a new way of thinking about ourselves and our communities, and could change the way you see the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  'A big idea, big enough to change political thinking' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  'A remarkable new book ... the implications are profound' - Will Hutton, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e  'The evidence is hard to dispute' - \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e studied economic history at the London School of Economics before training in epidemiology and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Nottingham Medical School and Honorary Professor at University College London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Pickett\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York and a National Institute for Health Research Career Scientist. Her work with Richard Wilkinson on \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for Research Project of the Year 2009 by the Times Higher Education Supplement, and their book was chosen as one of the Top Ten Books of the Decade by the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Pickett \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor for the Public Understanding of Social Science and Director of the Born in Bradford Centre for Social Change at\u003cbr\u003eUniversity of York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer landmark book \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone\u003c\/i\u003e, co-written with Richard Wilkinson, was an international bestseller, chosen by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eas one of the 100 most influential books of the century and by the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003eas a top ten book of the decade. Their follow-up, \u003ci\u003eThe Inner Level\u003c\/i\u003e, shows how societal inequality has similarly profound effects on individual health and wellbeing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNature \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has delivered more than 500 keynote speeches, including at the United Nations, the European Parliament and within UK government departments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKate is the co-founder of the Equality Trust,  academic director of Health Equity North, and a fellow of the RSA, the UK Faculty of Public Health and the Academy of Social Sciences. In 2023, she received an OBE for services to societal equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus at the University of Nottingham Medical School and visiting professor at University College London and at the University of York. Trained in history, the philosophy of science and epidemiology, he has played a formative role in international research and is the author of several books on health and inequality. He is also the co-author, with Kate Pickett, of the international bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e, which was named one of \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, won the 2010 Bristol Festival of Ideas Award and the 2011 Political Science Association's Publication of the Year Award, was adapted into the 2015 documentary film \u003ci\u003eThe Divide, \u003c\/i\u003eand has been translated into 24 languages. Its follow up, \u003ci\u003eThe Inner Level\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWilkinson is the founder of The Equality Trust and recipient of Solidar's Silver Rose Award, the Irish Cancer Society's Charles Cully Memorial Medal, and the Australian Society for Medical Research Medal. 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