The Spirit Level: Why equality is better for everyone / Kate Pickett

Public ISBD Title : The Spirit Level: Why equality is better for everyone Material Type: printed text Authors: Kate Pickett, Author ; Richard Wilkinson, Author Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group ISBN (or other code): POL PIC 2009 Languages : English (eng) Abstract: Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than the Japanese do? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy that the French? What makes the Swedish thinner that the Australians? The answer in each case: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: How 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 That societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them - including the well-off How we can find positive solutions and move towards a happier, fairer future Urgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, The Spirit Level has been heralded as providing a new way of thinking about ourselves and our communities, and could change the way you see the world. The Spirit Level: Why equality is better for everyone [printed text] / Kate Pickett, Author ; Richard Wilkinson, Author . - [S.l.] : Penguin Publishing Group, [s.d.]. ISSN : POL PIC 2009 Languages : English (eng) Abstract: Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than the Japanese do? Why do Americans have higher rates of teenage pregnancy that the French? What makes the Swedish thinner that the Australians? The answer in each case: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: How 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 That societies with a bigger gap between rich and poor are bad for everyone in them - including the well-off How we can find positive solutions and move towards a happier, fairer future Urgent, provocative and genuinely uplifting, The Spirit Level has been heralded as providing a new way of thinking about ourselves and our communities, and could change the way you see the world.

Copies

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POL PIC 2009	POL PIC 2009	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Human Rights	Available

Until My Freedom Has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir / Sanjay Kak

Public ISBD Title : Until My Freedom Has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir Material Type: printed text Authors: Sanjay Kak, Editor Publisher: Haymarket Books ISBN (or other code): POL KAK 2011 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Anthology Biography and personal stories Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Human Rights Race/Anti-Racism Social Movements War and Nuclear Issues Abstract: The pieces in this volume voice the rage and helplessness sweeping through the Kashmir Valley while offering rare insights into the lives of those caught in the crossfire. This book is a timely collection of the most exciting writing that has recently emerged from within Kashmir, and about it. Until My Freedom Has Come: The New Intifada in Kashmir [printed text] / Sanjay Kak, Editor . - [S.l.] : Haymarket Books, [s.d.]. ISSN : POL KAK 2011 Languages : English (eng) Descriptors: Anthology Biography and personal stories Colonialism, Imperialism & World Politics Human Rights Race/Anti-Racism Social Movements War and Nuclear Issues Abstract: The pieces in this volume voice the rage and helplessness sweeping through the Kashmir Valley while offering rare insights into the lives of those caught in the crossfire. This book is a timely collection of the most exciting writing that has recently emerged from within Kashmir, and about it.

Copies

Barcode	Call number	Media type	Location	Section	Status
POL KAK 2011	POL KAK 2011	Livre/Book	QPIRG-Concordia	Human Rights	Due for return by 02/27/2020

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