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Lee Rainwater

リー・レインウォーター

Rī Reinwōtā

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1928-01-07 （Oxford, Mississippi）
死没
2015-07-04 （Cambridge, Massachusetts） 87歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Oxford, Mississippi → Cambridge, Massachusetts

経歴

職業
Sociologist, Professor, Research Director
活動期間
1950年〜2005年
所属
Harvard University, Luxembourg Income Study
影響を与えた人物
Laud Humphreys

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Behind Ghetto Walls: Black Families in a Federal Slum

1970年 Sociology

An empirical study of black families living in the federal slum of Pruitt–Igoe in St. Louis, analyzing family life, community structure, and mechanisms of poverty.

PovertyHousing policyRacial inequalityUrban sociology

全著作

  • Behind Ghetto Walls: Black Families in a Federal Slum (1970)

作風・主題

文体
EmpiricalComparative and quantitative analysis-focusedAcademic and explanatory tone
頻出モチーフ
Income inequalityUrban housing issuesRelationship between institutions and poverty

評価・遺産

Known for long academic career at Harvard and as co-founder and research director (1983–2005) of the Luxembourg Income Study. The Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture series at CUNY began in 2017, and his influence continues in studies of social stratification and income distribution.

関連学会

  • American Sociological Association (likely affiliation)

豆知識

  • He was the dissertation adviser for Laud Humphreys.
  • Co-founder of the Luxembourg Income Study and served as its research director from 1983 to 2005.
  • The Lee Rainwater Memorial Lecture series at CUNY began in 2017.