Bruce Prichart Western is an Australian-born American sociologist and president of the Russell Sage Foundation. His research addresses social inequality in the United States, including the growth of mass incarceration and its consequences for labor markets, family life and racial inequality. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2023.
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Nationality / CultureAustralian-born American 1 Defining ContributionResearch into mass incarceration 1 Notable WorkPunishment and Inequality in America 1 Connections
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Western Punishment and Inequality in America showed how mass incarceration through the prison system became a central driver of American economic inequality.
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Wikidata Q21583285, P569 date of birth
1964-07-01
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1964-07-01
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Australia
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Australian-born American sociologist
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Research into mass incarceration
Research, Prisons and mass incarceration
Punishment and Inequality in America
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Originally, Western's research pertained to organized labor, but he became interested in researching prisons and mass incarceration, in his words, "almost by accident" after talking to a colleague about the United States' use of prisons to manage disadvantaged populations.
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