Family Inequality
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On this site I keep a running account of the connections between families and inequality. The nature of this relationship is one of the central problems of inequality in modern societies.I developed this blog as I was working on a sociology textbook titled, The Family: Diversity, Inequality and Social Change, published by W. W. Norton.
Family Inequality
6d ago
People who know anything about statistics and public records have an opportunity to explain lies like this to readers who might care ..read more
Family Inequality
1w ago
Wouldn't it be good if we systematically held up our peer reviewing to scrutiny, and compared the fate of the final products to our assessments of them ..read more
Family Inequality
1w ago
I guess for teaching purposes I should be glad that I successfully created the kind of graphic that people so often misunderstand ..read more
Family Inequality
3w ago
My new book is titled, Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists, and now it has its own web page at Columbia University Press, where soon you will be able to preorder copies for January delivery, and a cover design. (If you want to teach it next semester and need a copy, get in touch ..read more
Family Inequality
1M ago
Maybe Trump doesn't have the aptitude for his aptitude theory -- and maybe keep Vance away from children ..read more
Family Inequality
1M ago
A new analysis of all English-language sociology dissertations over four years ..read more
Family Inequality
2M ago
For the last 40 years, 19 of the 22 major campaigns included a presidential candidate who was taller than their running mate ..read more
Family Inequality
2M ago
Social scientists should engage on this, because some dominant political approaches can undermine our work, and public understanding ..read more