{"product_id":"the-inner-level-how-more-equal-societies-reduce-stress-restore-sanity-and-improve-everyones-well-being-paperback","title":"The Inner Level: How More Equal Societies Reduce Stress, Restore Sanity and Improve Everyone's Well-Being - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKate Pickett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking investigation of how inequality infects our minds and gets under our skin\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy 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 in Denmark than the USA? What makes child well-being so much worse in some countries than others? As \u003ci\u003eThe Inner Level \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates, the answer to all these is inequality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett put inequality at the center of public debate by showing conclusively that less equal societies fare worse than more equal ones across everything from education to life expectancy. \u003ci\u003eThe Inner Level\u003c\/i\u003e now explains how inequality affects us individually, altering how we think, feel and behave. It sets out the overwhelming evidence that material inequities have powerful psychological effects: when the gap between rich and poor increases, so does the tendency to define and value ourselves and others in terms of superiority and inferiority. A deep well of data and analysis is drawn upon to empirically show, for example, that low social status leads to elevated levels of stress hormones, and how rates of anxiety, depression and addictions are intimately related to the inequality which makes that status paramount. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wilkinson and Pickett describe how these responses to hierarchies evolved, and why the impacts of inequality on us are so severe. In doing so, they challenge the conception that humans are inescapably competitive and self-interested. They undermine, too, the idea that inequality is the product of \"natural\" differences in individual ability. This book draws together many of the most urgent problems facing societies today, but it is not just an index of our ills. It demonstrates that societies based on fundamental equalities, sharing and reciprocity generate much higher levels of well-being, and lays out the path towards them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Wilkinson\u003c\/b\u003e has played a formative role in international research on the social determinants of health. He 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Pickett\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Epidemiology, Research Champion for Justice and Equality and Deputy Director of the Centre for Future Health at the University of York. She studied physical anthropology at Cambridge, nutritional sciences at Cornell and epidemiology at the University of California, Berkeley. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilkinson and Pickett's work on \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit Level\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for Research Project of the Year 2009 by the \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and it was chosen as one of the Top Ten Books of the Decade by the \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e. Together, they founded the Equality Trust, which seeks to promote public understanding of the effects of inequality.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756562743584,"sku":"9780525561248","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/805de7c527534fd5113528058453b361.webp?v=1780081004","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-inner-level-how-more-equal-societies-reduce-stress-restore-sanity-and-improve-everyones-well-being-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}