The Study of Boundaries in the Social Sciences
- M. LamontVirág Molnár
- 1 August 2002
Sociology, Political Science
In recent years, the concept of boundaries has been at the center of influential research agendas in anthropology, history, political science, social psychology, and sociology. This article surveys…
Money, Morals and Manners: The Culture of the French and American Upper- Middle Class.
- Jodi O’BrienM. Lamont
- 15 October 1992
Sociology
Drawing on remarkably frank, in-depth interviews with 160 successful men in the United States and France, Michele Lamont provides a rare and revealing collective portrait of the upper-middle…
Toward a Comparative Sociology of Valuation and Evaluation
- M. Lamont
- 13 July 2012
Sociology
This review discusses North American and European research from the sociology of valuation and evaluation (SVE), a research topic that has attracted considerable attention in recent years. The goal…
CULTURAL CAPITAL: ALLUSIONS, GAPS AND GLISSANDOS IN RECENT THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENTS*
- M. LamontAnnette Lareau
- 23 January 1988
Sociology
The concept of cultural capital has been increasingly used in American sociology to study the impact of cultural reproduction on social reproduction. However, much confusion surrounds this concept.…
Money, Morals, and Manners: The Culture of the French and the American Upper Middle Class.
- J. CarrierM. Lamont
- 1 March 1994
Sociology, History
Reconsidering Culture and Poverty
- M. SmallD. HardingM. Lamont
- 1 May 2010
Sociology
By MARIO LUIS SMALL, DAVID J. HARDING, and MICHELE LAMONT Culture is back on the poverty research agenda. Over the past decade, sociologists, demographers, and even economists have begun asking…
The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race
- M. Lamont
- 2000
Sociology
Introduction: Making Sense of Their Worlds The Questions The People The Research I. American Workers 1. The World in Moral Order "Disciplined Selves": Survival, Work Ethic, and Responsibility…
Addressing Recognition Gaps: Destigmatization and the Reduction of Inequality
- M. Lamont
- 21 May 2018
Sociology, Political Science
This Presidential Address offers elements for a systematic and cumulative study of destigmatization, or the process by which low-status groups gain recognition and worth. Contemporary sociologists…
What is missing? Cultural processes and causal pathways to inequality
- M. LamontStefan BeljeanMatthew Clair
- 1 July 2014
Sociology
Thispaperprovidesaframeworkforunderstandingthewaysinwhichsocialprocesses produce social inequality. Specifically, we focus on a particular type of social process that has received limited attention…
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