swap_horiz Paul Willis Alternatives

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James Coleman

James S. Coleman was an American sociologist whose research addressed education, inequality, organizations, and rational...

American Education 20TH Century Social Capital

9.2 Excellent

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Anthony Giddens

Anthony Giddens, born in 1938, is a British sociologist whose structuration theory examines how human agency and social...

20TH Century British Modernity Globalization

8.9 Great

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Orlando Patterson

Orlando Patterson is a Jamaican-born American historical sociologist whose work addresses slavery, race, freedom, and cu...

Culture 20TH Century Race Slavery

8.8 Great

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Robert Bellah

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American Culture 20TH Century Religion

8.5 Great

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Basil Bernstein

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Language Education 20TH Century British

8.5 Great

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Daniel Bell

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American Culture 20TH Century Post Industrial

8.4 Great

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Samuel Bowles

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American Education Economics 20TH Century

8.2 Great

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Neil Postman

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Technology American Culture 20TH Century

8.2 Great

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Beverley Skeggs

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Contemporary Culture British Feminist

8.1 Great

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Christopher Lasch

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American Family Culture 20TH Century

7.9 Good

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David Lockwood

David Lockwood was a British sociologist whose research influenced modern studies of class, work, and social stratificat...

Integration 20TH Century British Class

7.8 Good

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Mike Savage

Mike Savage is a British sociologist known for research on social class, inequality, culture, and social stratification....

Contemporary Culture British Class

7.8 Good

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Robert Miles

Robert Miles was a British sociologist whose work examined racism, migration, labor, and the process of racialization. W...

Migration 20TH Century British Race

7.7 Good

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Tom Bottomore

Tom Bottomore was a British sociologist and Marxist scholar who lived from 1920 to 1992. His research addressed social c...

20TH Century British Marxist Classes

7.7 Good

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Frank Parkin

Frank Parkin was a British sociologist known for analyzing class inequality through the concept of social closure. In Ma...

20TH Century British Marxist Stratification

7.6 Good

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John Rex

John Rex was a South African-born British sociologist whose scholarship helped establish race and ethnic relations as a...

20TH Century British Race Colonialism

7.6 Good

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Prudence Carter

Prudence Carter is an American sociologist and educational researcher whose work explores the intersections of race, cla...

American Contemporary Education Culture

7.4 Good

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Chris Shilling

Chris Shilling was a British sociologist recognized for his contributions to the study of embodiment. His 1993 book, "Th...

Body Contemporary Education British

7.4 Good

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Scott Lash

Scott Lash is a British sociologist known for contributions to social and cultural theory, particularly on modernity, gl...

Contemporary Culture British Postmodern

7.3 Good

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Charles Kadushin

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American Culture 20TH Century Networks

7.3 Good