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Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy Seminar: Thursday March 9th 5-7pm Goldsmiths, University of London, RHB 143 Interrogating Inequality: Richard Wilkinson, Professor at York University and co-author of 'The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better', discusses the "pernicious effects that inequality has on societies: eroding trust, increasing anxiety and illness, (and) encouraging excessive consumption". Bigger income differences between rich and poor make societies dysfunctional, increasing violence, damaging mental and physical health, and leading to a deterioration in the quality of social relations. The book has sold more than 150,000 copies in English and is available in 23 foreign editions. The Spirit Level has been incredibly important in stimulating debate over inequality in the UK, and provides a wealth of arguments and data for discussion of what inequality is and what it means today. Please come and circulate widely to your students and colleagues. Natalie Fenton -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------