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 Greeks? The answer: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: how almost ev[...]

This insightful Handbook examines how labour unions across the world have experienced and responded to the growth of neo-liberalism. Since the 1970s, the spread of neo-liberalism across the world has radically reconfigured the relationship between unions, employers and the state. The contributors h[...]

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 Greeks? The answer: inequality. This groundbreaking book, based on years of research, provides hard evidence to show: how almost ev[...]

Among the developed countries it is not the richest societies which have the best health, but those which have the smallest income differences between rich and poor. Inequality and relative poverty have absolute effects: they increase death rates. But why? How can smaller income differences raise av[...]

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[...]

A comprehensive and authoritative illustrated guide to the deities that lay at the heart of Ancient Egyptian religion and society. It examines the evolution, worship and eventual decline of a huge pantheon, from minor figures such as Bas, Babi, Ba-Pef and Taweret to the all-powerful Osiris, Amun, Ha[...]

Here is a paperback edition of the definitive account of the Valley of the Kings, visited by millions and famous throughout the world as the burial place of the great New Kingdom pharaohs. Reeves and Wilkinson, both world authorities on the valley, bring together the art, archaeology and history in [...]

En av de mest innflytelsesrike og omtalte bøkene som er skrevet om samfunnet vårt de siste årene. Hvorfor stoler briter mindre på hverandre enn nordmenn gjør? Hvorfor er det flere tenåringsmødre i USA enn i Frankrike? Hva er det som gjør at australerne er tykkere enn svenskene? Svaret er d[...]

Det har alltid funnits de som intuitivt förstått att ojämlikhet är socialt nedbrytande. Men det är först på senare år som forskare­ i detalj har kunnat mäta dess effekter. Den bild som då framträder är både chockerande och överraskande.

Chockerande eftersom ojämlikhetens s[...]

Miksi englantilaiset suhtautuvat toisiin ihmisiin epäluuloisemmin kuin japanilaiset? Miksi USA:ssa on enemmän teiniraskauksia kuin Ranskassa? Miksi ruotsalaiset ovat hoikempia kuin australialaiset? Selityksenä on epätasa-arvo. Olipa kyse mielisairauksien määrästä, eliniän odotteesta, lukuta[...]