THE SPIRIT LEVEL CONCEPT: WONDERFUL REMEDY OR UTOPIAN THERAPY? (Koncepcja poziomicy - cudowne lekarstwo czy utopijna terapia?)

• Autorzy: Szlendak Tomasz , Karwacki Arkadiusz
• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

EN

This article aims at verifying the findings by Richard G. Wilkinson and Kate E. Pickett (2009) which point to a strong correlation between the income gap and the escalation of social problems. Wilkinson and Pickett's thesis, described here as 'the Spirit Level concept', states that all kinds of social problems (ranging from drug abuse to lack of trust among people) are directly connected with the scale of social inequality in a given country. In this article the authors test this concept by analyzing the relation between the income gap in a particular country and four important problems: health condition, trust, social activity and cultural activity. They investigate this relation in European Union countries.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

CULTURAL ACTIVITY.; HEALTH CONDITION; INCOME GAP; SOCIAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL INEQUALITY; SPIRIT LEVEL CONCEPT; TRUST

• Wydawca: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Studia Socjologiczne
• Rocznik: 2010
• Numer: 1(196)
• Strony: 35-67
• Rodzaj publikacji: ARTICLE

Twórcy

autor

Szlendak Tomasz,

autor

Karwacki Arkadiusz,

• Tomasz Szlendak, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Instytut Socjologii, ul. Mickiewicza 121, 87-100 Torun, Poland

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CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA077525