Good Society

And How We Make It

Häftad, Engelska, 2027

AvKate Pickett

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A fairer, healthier, more caring and sustainable society is entirely within our grasp. The renowned co-author of The Spirit Level shows us the way.‘An uplifting vision for solving inequality that benefits everyone’ ANDY BURNHAM‘Poverty and inequality are at the heart of all our problems. Kate Pickett's book shows how tackling them must be at the heart of our solutions too’ ZACK POLANSKI‘Just what these times are crying out for’ KATE RAWORTHHow do we ensure that everyone has good health and receives the care they need?How do we provide education that allows every child to flourish?How do we ensure safety, justice and a sustainable environment for all?In this inspiring book, world-leading social scientist Kate Pickett shows that to make a good society – in which everyone has what they need to be well, and everyone would be better off – we must prioritise the health, care, education and rehabilitation of those who have the least and suffer the most. Drawing on decades of evidence and pioneering success stories from across the globe, The Good Society cuts to the essence of the challenges we face and presents us with a practical, galvanising, perspective-shifting vision for how to tackle them.‘Genuinely transformative. A powerful and deeply humane vision that focuses on what really matters’ DANIEL CHANDLER‘Daringly optimistic’ FINANCIAL TIMES‘Electrifying’ POLLY MORLAND‘Vital … shines a light for hope’ INDEPENDENT

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Utgivningsdatum2027-02-11
Mått129 x 198 x 25 mm
Vikt281 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor400
FörlagVintage Publishing
ISBN9781529957495

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Kate Pickett is Professor for the Public Understanding of Social Science and Director of the Born in Bradford Centre for Social Change atUniversity of York.Her landmark book The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone, co-written with Richard Wilkinson, was an international bestseller, chosen by the Guardian as one of the 100 most influential books of the century and by the New Statesman as a top ten book of the decade. Their follow-up, The Inner Level, shows how societal inequality has similarly profound effects on individual health and wellbeing.Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Guardian, Nature and New York Times, and she has delivered more than 500 keynote speeches, including at the United Nations, the European Parliament and within UK government departments.Kate is the co-founder of the Equality Trust, academic director of Health Equity North, and a fellow of the RSA, the UK Faculty of Public Health and the Academy of Social Sciences. In 2023, she received an OBE for services to societal equality.