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Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
The following is a guest post by Lauren Sinclair, Program Assistant at The John W. Kluge Center. On the question of the applicability of scholarship to policy, scholars are sometimes faulted for being out of touch and out of step with the needs of lawmakers. Fernando Henrique Cardoso, winner of the 2012 Kluge Prize, upends …
Posted in: Sociology
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
William Julius Wilson‘s 1978 book “The Declining Significance of Race” argued that economic class had gradually become more important than race in determining the life trajectory of African Americans. During his recent tenure as the Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance, Wilson re-examined the arguments put forth in his book, to see if they …
Posted in: Sociology
Posted by: Jason Steinhauer
This month the Kluge Center welcomes distinguished sociologist William Julius Wilson as a scholar-in-residence. Librarian of Congress James H. Billington appointed Wilson to the Kluge Chair in American Law and Governance through May 2015. Wilson is the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He is one of 24 University Professors, the …
Posted in: Culture & Society, Sociology