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Possibilities for Sociological Research to Reduce Inequalities: Observations from the Immigration Scholarship
1UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Abstract:
This commentary brings immigration research to the conversation on sociology's possibilities to respond to inequality. It argues that legal status today has become an important dimension of inequality given its enduring impact across most areas of life and effects that extend laterally to all members of a family and across generations. The piece highlights the possibilities for sociologists to contribute to policy discussions but also the limitations of research in policy spaces given the antiscience resistance in the sociopolitical context today.
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