The Spirit Level
Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011). The spirit level. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 377 pp.
Opportunities and rewards have been identified by Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. in “The Spirit Level, Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, (2011)” to vary depending on social positions and statuses within a group or society. This is known as social inequality.
The Spirit Level, Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, (2011) presents an argument which seeks to answer the fundamental question: “How is it that we have created so much mental and emotional suffering despite levels of wealth and comfort unprecedented in human history?” The Spirit Level, (2011), Page 3. Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011) attempts to look at the functions and structures of society in order to understand the inequalities and how these can be overcome to bring about greater equality within groups and …show more content…
Religion, education, the penal system and parents are often blamed for problems on the psychological wellbeing of individuals within a society, however, Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011) have argued that the scale of inequality is to blame.
“The big idea is that what matters in determining mortality and health in a society…. the better the health of that society.” Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011) Chapter 8, Page 81.
The growth in inequality has broken the society as well as the economy. Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011) discuss how the population in rich societies have gained the maximum benefits of reaching the end of its economic growth, however, this then leads to an explanation on how the rates of depression, anxiety and many other social problems have risen whist affluent societies become
Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011). The spirit level. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 377 pp.
Opportunities and rewards have been identified by Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. in “The Spirit Level, Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, (2011)” to vary depending on social positions and statuses within a group or society. This is known as social inequality.
The Spirit Level, Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger, (2011) presents an argument which seeks to answer the fundamental question: “How is it that we have created so much mental and emotional suffering despite levels of wealth and comfort unprecedented in human history?” The Spirit Level, (2011), Page 3. Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011) attempts to look at the functions and structures of society in order to understand the inequalities and how these can be overcome to bring about greater equality within groups and …show more content…
Religion, education, the penal system and parents are often blamed for problems on the psychological wellbeing of individuals within a society, however, Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011) have argued that the scale of inequality is to blame.
“The big idea is that what matters in determining mortality and health in a society…. the better the health of that society.” Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011) Chapter 8, Page 81.
The growth in inequality has broken the society as well as the economy. Wilkinson, R. and Pickett, K. (2011) discuss how the population in rich societies have gained the maximum benefits of reaching the end of its economic growth, however, this then leads to an explanation on how the rates of depression, anxiety and many other social problems have risen whist affluent societies become