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Foreword | p. ix |
Preface | p. xiii |
Acknowledgements | p. xvii |
Note on Graphs | p. xix |
Material Success, Social Failure | |
The end of an era | p. 3 |
Poverty or inequality? | p. 15 |
How inequality gets under the skin | p. 31 |
The Costs of Inequality | |
Community life and social relations | p. 49 |
Mental health and drug use | p. 63 |
Physical health and life expectancy | p. 73 |
Obesity: wider income gaps, wider waists | p. 89 |
Educational performance | p. 103 |
Teenage births: recycling deprivation | p. 119 |
Violence: gaining respect | p. 129 |
Imprisonment and punishment | p. 145 |
Social mobility: unequal opportunities | p. 157 |
A Better Society | |
Dysfunctional societies | p. 173 |
Our social inheritance | p. 197 |
Equality and sustainability | p. 217 |
Building the future | p. 235 |
Postscript - Research Meets Politics | p. 273 |
The Equality Trust | p. 299 |
Appendix | p. 301 |
Sources of Data for the Indices of Health and Social Problems | p. 306 |
Statistics | p. 310 |
References | p. 312 |
Index | p. 343 |
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