1st Edition

The Impact of Inequality How to Make Sick Societies Healthier

By Richard G. Wilkinson Copyright 2005
364 Pages
by Routledge

364 Pages
by Routledge

364 Pages
by Routledge

In this book, pioneering social epidemiologist Richard Wilkinson, shows how inequality affects social relations and well-being. In wealthy countries, health is not simply a matter of material circumstances and access to health care; it is also how your relationships and social standing make you feel about life. Using detailed evidence from rich market democracies, the book addresses people’s... Read more

1. Affluent Societies: Material Success, Social Failure  2. Inequality: More Hostile, Less Sociable Societies  3. Anxieties and Insecurities: The Eyes of Others  4. Health and Inequality: Shorter Stressful Lives  5. Violence and Inequality: Status, Stigma and Respect  6. Cooperation or Conflict: Inequality Names the Game  7. Gender, Race and Inequality: Kicking Down  8. Evolved Social Strategies: Mutuality and Dominance  9. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Economic Democracy

Biography

Richard Wilkinson is Professor of Social Epidemiology, Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Nottingham Medical School, and Visiting Professor at the International Centre for Health and Society, Department of Epidemiology, University College London. He has been researching the social determinants of health and health inequalities for over 25 years and is the author of the bestselling Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality (Routledge, 1996).