SOCIOLOGIST

Loïc Wacquant

1960 - Today

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Loïc J. D. Wacquant (French: [lo'ik va'kɑ̃]; born 1960) is a French sociologist specializing in urban sociology, urban poverty, racial inequality, the body, social theory and ethnography. Wacquant is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is affiliated with the Center for the Study of Law and Society, the Global Metropolitan Studies Program, the Institute of Governmental Studies, and the Center for Ethnographic Research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Loïc Wacquant has received more than 216,929 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Loïc Wacquant is the 76th most popular sociologist (down from 68th in 2019), the 5,093rd most popular biography from France (down from 4,590th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Loïc Wacquant ranks 76 out of 79. Before him are Göran Therborn, Margaret Archer, Theda Skocpol, John Urry, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, and Ralph Miliband. After him are Rodney Stark, Grażyna Gęsicka, and John Bellamy Foster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Loïc Wacquant ranks 420. Before him are Håkan Loob, Neo Rauch, David Simon, Tony MacAlpine, Guy Fletcher, and Lee Archambault. After him are Ján Figeľ, Scott Baio, Kurt Sutter, Joe Simpson, Inger Helene Nybråten, and Avram Glazer.

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In France

Among people born in France, Loïc Wacquant ranks 5,093 out of 6,770. Before him are Tiémoué Bakayoko (1994), François Picard (1921), Christopher Nkunku (1997), Emmanuelle Bercot (1967), Dominique Baudis (1947), and Frédéric Antonetti (1961). After him are André Jousseaume (1894), Arnaud Montebourg (1962), Sébastien Squillaci (1980), Martin Solveig (1976), Marion Bartoli (1984), and Bernard Malivoire (1938).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In France

Among sociologists born in France, Loïc Wacquant ranks 8. Before him are Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Marcel Mauss (1872), Gabriel Tarde (1843), Alain Touraine (1925), Marcel Granet (1884), and Henri Hubert (1872).

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