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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 203,727 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Loïc Wacquant is the 68th most popular sociologist, the 4,608th most popular biography from France and the 7th most popular French Sociologist.

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  • 200k

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  • 42.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Loïc Wacquant ranks 68 out of 54. Before him are Anthony D. Smith, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Margaret Archer, and Theda Skocpol. After him are Ralph Miliband.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Loïc Wacquant ranks 374. Before him are Eric Adams, Luciano Ligabue, Jaap van Zweden, Jon Landau, Maurane, and Olga Bondarenko. After him are Ralf König, Elsa Cayat, Luis de Guindos, Predrag Nikolić, P. C. Cast, and Igor Presnyakov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Loïc Wacquant ranks 4,608 out of 6,011. Before him are Achille Souchard (1900), Jacques Grimonpon (1925), Marc Lavoine (1962), Georges Tainturier (1890), Bernard Le Coq (1950), and Patrick Fiori (1969). After him are Frédérick Tristan (1931), Achille Paroche (1868), Carmelo Camet (1904), Georges Grignard (1905), André Chamson (1900), and Patrick Rambaud (1946).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In France

Among sociologists born in France, Loïc Wacquant ranks 7. Before him are Émile Durkheim (1858), Pierre Bourdieu (1930), Marcel Mauss (1872), Gabriel Tarde (1843), Alain Touraine (1925), and Marcel Granet (1884).

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