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Social Inequality

Social inequality is a social condition characterized by the unequal distribution of valued resources, rewards, and social positions based on membership in socially defined categories.

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Risk Society, Towards a New Modernity

William Leiss, Ulrich Beck, Mark Ritter et al. · The Canadian Journal of Sociology · 1994 · 12.6K citations · Full text

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Social Capital: Its Origins and Applications in Modern Sociology

Alejandro Portes · Annual Review of Sociology · 1998 · 11.9K citations

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Four Factor Index of Social Status

Roi Paschou · 1975 · 7K citations

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On the measurement of inequality

Anthony B. Atkinson · Journal of Economic Theory · 1970 · 6.4K citations

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American Apartheid: Segregation and the Making of the Underclass.

Roberto M. Fernández, Douglas S. Massey, Nancy A. Denton · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1993 · 6.2K citations

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  1. MM
    Michael Marmot

    University College London, United Kingdom

    74 publications · 23.6K citations

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    Anton E. Kunst

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    69 publications · 9.8K citations

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    John H. Goldthorpe

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    57 publications · 10.6K citations

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    Johan P. Mackenbach

    Erasmus MC, Netherlands

    48 publications · 6.9K citations

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    Ichiro Kawachi

    Harvard University, United States

    52 publications · 11.1K citations

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  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    121 h-index

    735 publications

    94.1K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    119 h-index

    702 publications

    102.6K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    114 h-index

    941 publications

    82.1K citations

  4. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    113 h-index

    747 publications

    65.5K citations

  5. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    111 h-index

    659 publications

    91.3K citations

  6. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    106 h-index

    896 publications

    91.9K citations

  7. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    104 h-index

    401 publications

    68.8K citations

  8. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    104 h-index

    379 publications

    67.2K citations

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  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 832 publications · 143.8K citations

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  2. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 559 publications · 109K citations

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  3. Social Science & Medicine

    612 publications · 63.4K citations

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  4. Social Forces

    SF · 683 publications · 66.5K citations

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  5. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    601 publications · 77.7K citations

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Social Inequality

Dimensions

Causes

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Measurement