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Class Inequality

Class Inequality is a theoretical construct within the study of Structural Harshness that denotes the systemic stratification of individuals into hierarchical social classes based on unequal access to resources, opportunities, and power, thereby perpetuating differential life outcomes.

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The Truly Disadvantaged. The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy. By William Julius Wilson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 254p. $19.95.

Charles Noble · American Political Science Review · 1988 · 6.2K citations

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Mass Imprisonment and the Life Course: Race and Class Inequality in U.S. Incarceration

Becky Pettit, Bruce Western · American Sociological Review · 2004 · 1.5K citations

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Political Power and Social Classes.

Lionel S. Lewis, Nicos Poulantzas · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1976 · 1.5K citations

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Having less, giving more: The influence of social class on prosocial behavior.

Paul K. Piff, Michael W. Kraus, Stéphane Côté et al. · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 2010 · 1.5K citations

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Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society.

Kurt B. Mayer, Ralf Dahrendorf · American Sociological Review · 1960 · 1.5K citations

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  1. JH
    John H. Goldthorpe

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    13 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. EO
    Erik Olín Wright

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    10 publications · 2.7K citations

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  3. FD
    Fiona Devine

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. GM
    Gordon Marshall

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 579 citations

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  5. MS
    Mike Savage

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 488 citations

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Institutions

614

  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    3K citations

  2. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    14 h-index

    22 publications

    4.2K citations

  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. University of Oslo

    Oslo, Norway

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    885 citations

  6. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    11 publications

    387 citations

  7. Swedish Institute

    Stockholm, Sweden

    10 h-index

    12 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    859 citations

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  1. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 50 publications · 12.2K citations

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  2. British Journal of Sociology

    BJS · 44 publications · 5.5K citations

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  3. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    43 publications · 6.9K citations

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  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 32 publications · 5.5K citations

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  5. European Sociological Review

    24 publications · 2.9K citations

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