Loïc Wacquant

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gptkbp:instanceOf sociologist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor professor
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkb:École_Normale_Supérieure
gptkbp:author Body & Soul
Punishing the Poor
Urban Outcasts
gptkbp:birthDate 1960-01-01
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:France
gptkbp:contribution advocacy for social justice
analysis of social policies
critical studies of the penal system
development of concepts like 'hyperghetto'
empirical research on urban life
engagement with public sociology
intersection of race and class in urban settings
methodological innovations in qualitative research
theoretical frameworks in sociology
gptkbp:field sociology
gptkbp:gender male
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Loïc Wacquant
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Erving_Goffman
gptkb:Pierre_Bourdieu
gptkbp:knownFor urban sociology
prison studies
the sociology of marginality
gptkbp:language gptkb:Spanish
English
French
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableWork The Prisoner’s Dilemma
The Sociology of the Body
The_New_Urban_Sociology
The_Mark_of_a_Criminal_Record
The_Urban_Margins
gptkbp:occupation academic
gptkbp:researchFocus social inequality
social theory
urban poverty
gptkbp:website http://www.loicwacquant.net