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81
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340
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155

Loïc Wacquant publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Loïc Wacquant sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 330 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Loïc Wacquant D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Loïc Wacquant sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 81 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1997 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Loïc Wacquant is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their academic work spans primarily in the Social Sciences, with a strong focus on Sociology and Political Science, contributing to a total of 53 publications in the field. Subfields of study include Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, General Health Professions, Urban Studies, and Finance.

Their research addresses multiple topics, including:

  • Social and Cultural Dynamics
  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Education, sociology, and vocational training
  • Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice
  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Political Economy and Marxism
  • Homelessness and Social Issues

Wacquant has published extensively in various academic venues. The most frequent publication platforms include:

  • La Pensée (4 publications)
  • European Journal of Sociology (2 publications)
  • Thesis Eleven (2 publications)
  • Qualitative Sociology (2 publications)
  • Ethnicities (2 publications)

Recent notable papers are as follows:

  • "The Trap of "Racial Capitalism"" (2023) published in the European Journal of Sociology
  • "Rethinking the city with Bourdieu's trialectic" (2022) published in City
  • "Carnal concepts in action: The diagonal sociology of Loïc Wacquant" (2023) published in Thesis Eleven
  • "In Praise of "Thick Construction"" (2025) published in Qualitative Sociology
  • "Racial Capitalism Decoupled: A Rejoinder and Reformulation" (2023) published in European Journal of Sociology

Frequent coauthors of Wacquant include Caroline Mary Parker, Chelina Sepúlveda, Chris Garcés, Fiona Macaulay, and H.C. Moore, each having collaborated on multiple publications.

In terms of book publications, Wacquant has released works through the following publishers:

  • Tirant Emporio do Direito Editorial LTDA eBooks, including titles such as "Comunidades Carcerárias na América Latina: Desconcertando mundos prisionais no século XXI" (2022) and "Comunidades Carcerárias na América Latina" (2022)
  • Rutgers University Press with the publication "The Globalization of Supermax Prisons" (2020)

Wacquant was awarded the Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 1997.

Best Publications

  • An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology

    Pierre Bourdieu;Loïc J. D. Wacquant

  • Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity

    Loïc J. D. Wacquant

  • Urban Outcasts: A Comparative Sociology of Advanced Marginality

    Loïc J. D. Wacquant

  • Deadly Symbiosis: When Ghetto and Prison Meet and Mesh

    Loïc Wacquant

  • Three steps to a historical anthropology of actually existing neoliberalism

    Loïc Wacquant

  • Towards a reflexive sociology: A workshop with Pierre Bourdieu

    Loic J. D. Wacquant

  • Rethinking the state: Genesis and structure of the bureaucratic field

    Pierre Bourdieu;Loic J. D. Wacquant;Samar Farage

  • Las cárceles de la miseria

    Loïc Wacquant

  • On the Cunning of Imperialist Reason

    Pierre Bourdieu;Loïc Wacquant

  • Firing Back: Against the Tyranny of the Market 2

    Pierre Bourdieu;Loïc J. D. Wacquant

  • Crafting the Neoliberal State: Workfare, Prisonfare, and Social Insecurity1

    Loïc Wacquant

  • Violence in War and Peace: An Anthology

    Nancy Scheper-Hughes;Philippe Bourgois;Joseph Conrad;Michael Thomas Taussig

  • Territorial Stigmatization in the Age of Advanced Marginality

    Loïc Wacquant

  • Les prisons de la misère

    Loïc J. D. Wacquant

  • The Cost of Racial and Class Exclusion in the Inner City

    Loïc J. D. Wacquant;William Julius Wilson

  • Prisons of Poverty

    Loïc J. D. Wacquant

  • Pugs at Work: Bodily Capital and Bodily Labour among Professional Boxers

    Loïc J.D. Wacquant

  • Territorial Stigmatization in Action

    Loïc Wacquant;Tom Slater;Virgílio Borges Pereira

  • Parias urbains, ghetto, banlieues, État

    Loïc J. D. Wacquant

  • Crafting the Neoliberal State: Workfare, Prisonfare, and Social Insecurity1: Crafting the Neoliberal State

    Loïc Wacquant

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Bourdieu
Pierre Bourdieu Collège de France
Craig Calhoun
Craig Calhoun Arizona State University
William Julius Wilson
William Julius Wilson Harvard University
Tom Slater
Tom Slater University of Edinburgh
Jean Paul Sartre
Jean Paul Sartre Université Paris Cité
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt Keele University
Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer Harvard University
Nancy Scheper-Hughes
Nancy Scheper-Hughes University of California, Berkeley
Philippe Bourgois
Philippe Bourgois University of California, Los Angeles
Veena Das
Veena Das Johns Hopkins University

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