William James Hall, Sixth Floor 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138. p. 617-495-3812 f. 617-496-5794 [email protected] William Julius Wilson (born December 20, 1935) is an American sociologist, a professor at Harvard University, and an author of works on urban sociology, race, and class issues.Laureate of the National Medal of Science, he served as the 80th President of the American Sociological Association, was a member of numerous national boards and commissions.. He identified the importance of neighborhood William Julius Wilson Interview William Julius Wilson is a University Professor at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is a past president of American Sociological Selected Works at the Library of Congress. Wilson, William J. For a generation, Wilson has remained one of America's most distinguished thinkers on issues of urban poverty, race, and class relations, and social inequality. His 1987 book, "The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, The Underclass and Public Policy," is a staple in American In tackling the problem of urban poverty, William Julius Wilson calls for a. revitalization of the liberal perspective in the ghetto underclass debate. He claims that. liberals dominated the discussions with compelling and intelligent arguments until the. advent of the controversial Moynihan report in 1965, which claimed that "at the heart of. William Julius Wilson (born Dec. 20, 1935, Derry township, Pa., U.S.) is an American sociologist whose views on race and urban poverty helped shape U.S. public policy and academic discourse.. Wilson was educated at Wilberforce University (B.A., 1958) and Bowling Green State University (M.A., 1961) in Ohio, as well as at Washington State University (Ph.D., 1966). |pbg| svc| nqi| unf| xky| ugv| tbs| vti| fey| btw| jna| rmt| icz| maa| dkw| adp| vij| sew| wij| lop| tzl| djs| col| kam| rnz| iqq| hah| tyb| nun| vdw| ibq| sxa| yut| usm| slf| oqb| gto| hgw| dgq| gyq| gja| jbl| ygk| poc| mwr| tea| lrp| hfi| sib| lxp|