Injustice

Think twice before reading this book - you may well become an activist against social injustice, inequality and the exploitation of labour. Danny Dorling gives us words that are weapons. Ken Loach, director. Superb and invaluable ammunition in the fight against inequality and injustice Owen Jones, author and Guardian columnist. Rich insights into how prejudice, presumption and a paucity of regard for our fellow human beings reinforces poverty as well as privilege. David Cay Johnston, journalist and author, Pulitzer Prize winner. In this impassioned, empirical, and hopeful second edition, powerfully updated with new data, Dorling skewers the ideologies that justify injustice. He reminds us that to create a better world we have to collectively imagine it is possible. Nancy Krieger, Harvard University. Dorling has given us a guide through the dark, twisted and changing forest of injustice. A must-read for anyone fighting for justice. Dr Faiza Shaheen, Head of Inequality, Save the Children. Powerful sentences and carefully-curated evidence frame critically-important thoughts on how we got here and how things could be different. Jamie Goodwin-White, University of California. For decades researchers have shown the damage inequality does to all society and Dorling's wonderful book extends this. With brilliance and passion Dorling analyses the mind-set of entitlement among those who hold ever tighter to money, power and life's best rewards, generation to generation. Polly Toynbee, The Guardian. Dorling's unsettling account makes it clear that inequity and inequality is less about 'ideology' and more about the self-serving interests of the powerful. His book is a passionate call for change. Dr Aniko Horvath, King's College London. This invaluable book is more than an essential resource in the defence of our ebbing welfare state. It is a thoughtful and carefully-argued source of stimulation towards its re-invention. Paul Gilroy, Kings College London. The original edition of Injustice: Why Social Inequality Persists stands out as a masterpiece, not only in the production of razor-sharp arguments, but also in its collation of extensive supporting evidence. This updated edition is perhaps even more important today. Henry Parkyn-Smith, Counterfire. An eloquent indictment of the status quo, but so much more. By systematically dismantling the ideological props of the current economic and social order, Dorling forces us to think how things could be done differently. Feyzi Ismail SOAS, University of London. Dorling's analysis is quietly, devastatingly persuasive. Once you've read him you have to reassess how you live. That's an amazing gift. Peter Florence, Director of the Hay Festival. In this new edition of his seminal Injustice, Dorling's unique combination of moral passion and analytical rigour made my heart sing. David Marquand, Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford University. The pragmatism of the book gives readers the feeling that we can start to do something from our very everyday practices. Provides analysis of contemporary issues and practices underpinning inequality - LSE, Danny Dorling.