The Study of Boundaries in the Social Sciences
@article{Lamont2002TheSO,
title={The Study of Boundaries in the Social Sciences},
author={Mich{\`e}le Lamont and Vir{\'a}g Moln{\'a}r},
journal={Review of Sociology},
year={2002},
volume={28},
pages={167-195},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:59126237}
}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 some of these developments while describing the value added provided by the concept, particularly concerning the study of relational processes. It discusses literatures on (a) social and collective identity; (b) class, ethnic/racial, and gender/sex inequality; (c) professions, knowledge, and science…
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