William Julius Wilson

William Julius Wilson (born December 20, 1935 in Derry , Pennsylvania ) is an American sociologist whose research focus is the social inequality and poverty of African American city ​​dwellers.

Wilson, who taught at the University of Chicago and Harvard University as a professor , is honorary doctorate from 41 colleges. In 1988 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , in 1991 to the National Academy of Sciences and in 1990 to the American Philosophical Society . He served as the 80th president of the American Sociological Association in 1990 . Wilson received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2010 .

Fonts (selection)

• The Declining Significance of Race. Blacks and Changing American Institutions . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1978, ISBN 0-226-90128-9 .
• The Truly Disadvantaged. The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy . University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1987, ISBN 0-226-90130-0 .
• The ghetto underclass. Social Science Perspectives . Sage Publications, Newbury Park, California 1993, ISBN 0-8039-5272-4 .
• When Work Disappears. The World of the New Urban Poor . Kopf / Random House, New York 1996, ISBN 0-394-57935-6 .
• More than just race. Being Black and Poor in the Inner City . Norton & Company, New York 2009, ISBN 978-0-393-06705-7 .

Web links

• Wilson site of the American Sociological Association
• Race, Class, and William Julius Wilson's World of Opportunity , Eric Sorensen on Wilson, WASHINGTONSTATE-magazine, Fall 2012

Individual evidence

1. ^ Member History: William Julius Wilson. American Philosophical Society, accessed January 1, 2019 .