Loïc Wacquant

Loïc Wacquant is a French sociologist, considered one of Pierre Bourdieu’s most important students. He teaches at the University of California in Berkeley and also does research at the CSE (Centre de sociologie européenne ) in Paris. He is a co-founder of the interdisciplinary magazine “Ethnography” and has published in “Le Monde diplomatique” for many years. His many areas of research include urban inequality, the American ghetto, the French banlieue, incarceration and racism.