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Stratification

Stratification—whether by class, income level, or other categories—plays a major role in shaping human cultures around the world. This research stream highlights recent research from across the UC Berkeley campus related to stratification, inequality, and the invisible lines that divide us.

April 26, 2021 by Chuck Kapelke

Authors Meet Critics: "Redistributing the Poor: Jails, Hospitals, and the Crisis of Law and Fiscal Austerity"

A Matrix "Authors Meet Critics" panel focused on Armando Lara-Millán's book, Redistributing the Poor: Jails, Hospitals, and the Crisis of Law and Fiscal Austerity.

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  • Stratification
  • Governance
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  • May 6, 2020 by Shakiba Mashayekhi

    Disaster Preparedness and Seeking Equity Amidst COVID-19

    An interview with Sarah Vaughn, Assistant Professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Anthropology, on how different communities prepare for and respond to pandemics and disasters.

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    • COVID-19
    • Wellness
    • Identities
    • Stratification
     
  • April 21, 2020 by Irene Bloemraad and Jasmijn Slootjes

    COVID-19 is blind to legal status, but can disproportionately hurt immigrants

     COVID-19 is blind to legal status, but can still disproportionately hurt immigrants, argue Jasmijn Slootjes and Irene Bloemraad from the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative

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    • COVID-19
    • Wellness
    • Identities
    • Stratification
    • Mortality
     
  • April 13, 2020 by Isha Ray

    Hand-washing in the Time of COVID-19

    In the era of COVID-19, the public health directive to "wash your hands" is a challenge for people with limited access to clean water, writes UC Berkeley researcher Isha Ray.

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    • COVID-19
    • Wellness
    • Stratification
    • Sustenance
    • Mortality
     
  • April 8, 2020 by Shakiba Mashayekhi

    Gangs, Labor Mobility, and Development

    Map showing gang territory in San Salvador

     A Q&A with Carlos Schmidt-Padilla, PhD Candidate in the UC Berkeley Department of Political Science, on his research showing the staggering economic toll of living within gang-controlled territory.

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    • Stratification
    • Cities
    • Identities
    • Environment
     
  • February 12, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: "They Were Her Property"

    Recorded on January 29, 2020, this "Authors Meets Critics" panel featured a discussion of They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South, by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, Associate Professor of History at UC Berkeley.

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    • Matrix
    • Stratification
     
  • January 28, 2020 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: "Race for Profit," Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

    In a Matrix Distinguished Lecture, Princeton professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor explained how banks and the real estate industry have undermined black homeownership.

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    • Stratification
    • Cities
    • Matrix
     
  • December 18, 2019 by Chuck Kapelke

    Q&A with David Harding: "On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration"

    An interview with David Harding, Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley and co-author of the book On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration, which examines the lives of 22 people as they pass out of the prison gates and back into the world.

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    • Stratification
    • Wellness
    • Matrix
     
  • December 12, 2019 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: Authors Meet Critics, "In the Ruins of Neoliberalism"

    Watch our "Authors Meet Critics" panel on Professor Wendy Brown's In the Ruins of Neoliberalism: The Rise of Anti-Democratic Politics in the West.

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    • Governance
    • Matrix
    • Stratification
     
  • October 29, 2019 by Chuck Kapelke

    Q&A with Professor Gabriel Zucman

    A new book by Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez argues that the American tax system is more unfair than ever—but there are ways to fix it.
     

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    • Stratification
    • Governance
    • Matrix
     
  • October 15, 2019 by Chuck Kapelke

    Video: "The Populist Temptation" Book Talk

    Watch the inaugural "Authors Meet Critics" panel, which centered on Professor Barry Eichengreen's book, The Populist Temptation: Economic Grievance and Political Reaction in the Modern Era.

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    • Matrix
    • Identities
    • Governance
    • Stratification
     

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