No-Nonsense Guide to Equality
Author: Danny Dorling
A wide-ranging exploration of why inequality persists and what can be done about it.
Foreword, Contents and Introduction
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Read more reviewsDanny Dorling's No-Nonsense Guide to Equality needs reading twice. In a world where so much that doesn't matter is slickly promoted in day-glo colors to grab unwarranted attention, Danny makes important points thick and fast. He makes an important contribution to creating a wider understanding of inequality' - Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, authors of The Spirit Level.
Drawing unpretentiously on anthropology, sociology, psychology, economics, politics and history, Danny Dorling shows not only why equality is good for everyone at every stage of life as well as for society, but also illustrates the enormous costs and inefficiency of maintaining inequality. This straighforward, conversational, hopeful and evidence-based book is a winner. - Susan George, political scientist, author and fellow of the Transnational Institute.
'an approachable compilation of statistics and historical arguments showing that more equality makes everyone happier, healthier, and "more able".' - Steven Poole, The Guardian.
The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality discusses the positive effects that equality can have, using examples and case studies from across the globe, including many from the UK. It examines the lessons of history and covers race, gender and ethnicity, age, and wealth. Danny Dorling considers, realistically, just how equal it is possible to be, the challenges we face, and the factors that will lead to greater equality for all.
About the author: Danny Dorling is professor of human geography at the University of Sheffield. He has written extensively about the widening gap between rich and poor and his work regularly appears in the Guardian, UK. He is author of several books including Injustice: Why social inequality persists and The Atlas of the Real World.
Visit Danny’s webpage here
Danny Dorling Speaking Events
- Oxford: Feb 26th Oxford Forum on International Development Said Business School.
- Oxford: Postponed until June. Publishing for Social Change conference, Oxford Brookes University, Buckley Building
- Denmark: Copenhagen: March 13-14th ‘Summit for Combatting Inequality’
- Sheffield: March 22nd ‘One Sheffield, Many Cultures: How immigration prevented Sheffield’s Managed Decline’
- Liverpool: March 30th Social Work Action Network (SWAN) Conference Keynote on Equality, hosted by Liverpool Hope University
- York: April 18th 'How is the Housing System coping? Hosted by the Housing Studies Association with keynote on the housing market and wealth inequalities.
- Birmingham: May 9th West Midlands Equality Trust Venue TBC 6: 30pm
- Liverpool: May 10th Writing on the Wall Festival
- Glasgow: May 16th Medics and Geographers – invited talk – title TBC
- London: May 25th, Quaker Socialist Society: Annual Salter Lecture at Friends Meeting House, 5 pm
- Wellington College: June 23rd Sunday Times Festival Of Education: “Why Independent Schools Continue to Survive”
- London: June 25th, British Library: British Sociological Association Equality Keynote
| Format: | Paperback |
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| Dimensions: | 180 mm x 110 mm |
| Page extent: | 144 |
| Publication date: | 22 March 2012 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-78026-071-6 |
Date added: October 6, 2011
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