W POSZUKIWANIU “OGÓLNEJ TEORII WSZYSTKIEGO”: CZY NIERÓWNOŚCI DOCHODOWE RZECZYWIŚCIE NAM SZKODZĄ?

• Authors: Jędrzej Stasiowski

Title variants

EN

In Search for “General Theory of Everything”: Do Social Inequalites Are Harming Us?

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Following article presents basic points contained in the book "The Spirit Level" byRichard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett. Author reconstructs the author’s theory about the social consequences of income inequality and shows its main disadvantages. Empirical part of the article presents the results of the analysis conducted on the sample of 64 Polish municipalities. For each of them the main indicators of the level of income inequality, population’s health, the level of social capital and sense of security were computed. The results of the analysis indicated no statistically significant correlation between the level of income inequality and analyzed indicators

Keywords

EN

income inequality; The Spirit Level; municipalities; social capital

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 8(449)
• Pages: 13-17

Contributors

author

Jędrzej Stasiowski

• doktorant Instytutu Socjologii UW