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Loïc Wacquant

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Loïc Wacquant (born 1960) is a sociologist and social anthropologist, specializing in urban sociology, urban poverty, racial inequality, the body, social theory and ethnography. [1]

40 relations: American Sociological Association, Anthropology, Banlieue, Brazil, Chicago, Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Ethnography, Fletcher Foundation, French people, George Steinmetz (academic), Ghetto, Harvard Society of Fellows, Human body, Imprisonment, Jim Crow laws, Le Monde diplomatique, London School of Economics, MacArthur Fellows Program, Moishe Postone, Montpellier, OpenDemocracy, Philosophy, Pierre Bourdieu, Poverty, Prison, Punishment & Society, Punishment and Social Structure, Race (human categorization), Racial inequality in the United States, Social anthropology, Social theory, Sociology, Underclass, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Urban sociology, Urban studies, William Julius Wilson.

American Sociological Association

The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905 as the American Sociological Society, is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology.

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and human behaviour and societies in the past and present.

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Banlieue

In France, a banlieue is a suburb of a large city.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or Ph.D.; Latin Philosophiae doctor) is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most countries.

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Economics

Economics is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.

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Ethnic and Racial Studies

Ethnic and Racial Studies is a peer-reviewed social science academic journal that publishes scholarly articles and book reviews on anthropology, cultural studies, ethnicity and race, and sociology.

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Ethnography

Ethnography (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos "folk, people, nation" and γράφω grapho "I write") is the systematic study of people and cultures.

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Fletcher Foundation

The Fletcher Foundation is a nonprofit foundation that supports civil rights, education, and environmental education.

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French people

The French (Français) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation who are identified with the country of France.

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George Steinmetz (academic)

George Steinmetz (born November 13, 1957) is the Charles Tilly Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Michigan.

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Ghetto

A ghetto is a part of a city in which members of a minority group live, typically as a result of social, legal, or economic pressure.

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Harvard Society of Fellows

The Harvard Society of Fellows is a group of scholars selected at the beginning of their careers by Harvard University for extraordinary scholarly potential, upon whom distinctive academic and intellectual opportunities are bestowed in order to foster their individual growth and intellectual collaboration.

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Human body

The human body is the entire structure of a human being.

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Imprisonment

Imprisonment (from imprison Old French, French emprisonner, from en in + prison prison, from Latin prensio, arrest, from prehendere, prendere, to seize) is the restraint of a person's liberty, for any cause whatsoever, whether by authority of the government, or by a person acting without such authority.

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Jim Crow laws

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.

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Le Monde diplomatique

Le Monde diplomatique (nicknamed Le Diplo by its French readers) is a monthly newspaper offering analysis and opinion on politics, culture, and current affairs.

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London School of Economics

The London School of Economics (officially The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as LSE) is a public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London.

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MacArthur Fellows Program

The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 individuals, working in any field, who have shown "extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction" and are citizens or residents of the United States.

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Moishe Postone

Moishe Postone (17 April 1942 – 19 March 2018) was a Canadian Western Marxist historian, philosopher and political economist.

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Montpellier

Montpellier (Montpelhièr) is a city in southern France.

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OpenDemocracy

openDemocracy is a United Kingdom-based political website.

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Philosophy

Philosophy (from Greek φιλοσοφία, philosophia, literally "love of wisdom") is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language.

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Pierre Bourdieu

Pierre Felix Bourdieu (1 August 1930 – 23 January 2002) was a French sociologist, anthropologist, philosopher, and public intellectual.

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Poverty

Poverty is the scarcity or the lack of a certain (variant) amount of material possessions or money.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a correctional facility, jail, gaol (dated, British English), penitentiary (American English), detention center (American English), or remand center is a facility in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state.

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Punishment & Society

Punishment & Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the fields of criminology and penology.

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Punishment and Social Structure

Punishment and Social Structure (1939), a book written by Georg Rusche and Otto Kirchheimer, is the seminal Marxian analysis of punishment as a social institution.

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Race (human categorization)

A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society.

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Racial inequality in the United States

Racial inequality in the United States refers to social advantages and disparities that affect different races within the United States.

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Social anthropology

Social anthropology or anthroposociology is the dominant constituent of anthropology throughout the United Kingdom and Commonwealth and much of Europe (France in particular), where it is distinguished from cultural anthropology.

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Social theory

Social theories are analytical frameworks, or paradigms, that are used to study and interpret social phenomena.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.

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Underclass

The underclass is the segment of the population that occupies the lowest possible position in a class hierarchy, below the core body of the working class.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public research university in Berkeley, California.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, U of C, or Chicago) is a private, non-profit research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Urban sociology

Urban sociology is the sociological study of life and human interaction in metropolitan areas.

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Urban studies

Urban studies is based on the study of the urban development of cities.

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William Julius Wilson

William Julius Wilson (born December 20, 1935) is an American sociologist.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loïc_Wacquant

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