Urban Outcasts
E453937
Urban Outcasts is a sociological study by Loïc Wacquant that analyzes advanced marginality and urban poverty in contemporary Western cities, focusing on ghettos and relegated neighborhoods.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Urban Outcasts canonical | 1 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Urban Outcasts Context triple: [Loïc Wacquant, notableWork, Urban Outcasts]
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Out There
"Out There" is a powerful ballad from Disney's animated film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," composed by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken, in which Quasimodo yearns for freedom and acceptance beyond the confines of Notre Dame.
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B.
Outlaws
"Outlaws" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their 2016 album *Revolution Radio*.
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C.
Stay Out West
Stay Out West is the late-night club and venue program that extends the Way Out West festival experience across Gothenburg after the main festival hours.
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D.
Out in the Open
Out in the Open is a bluegrass album by the Steep Canyon Rangers that showcases their polished harmonies and contemporary acoustic sound.
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E.
The City Gone Wild
The City Gone Wild is a 1927 American silent crime film, now considered lost, in which actress Lotus Thompson appeared.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Urban Outcasts Target entity description: Urban Outcasts is a sociological study by Loïc Wacquant that analyzes advanced marginality and urban poverty in contemporary Western cities, focusing on ghettos and relegated neighborhoods.
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A.
Out There
"Out There" is a powerful ballad from Disney's animated film "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," composed by Stephen Schwartz and Alan Menken, in which Quasimodo yearns for freedom and acceptance beyond the confines of Notre Dame.
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B.
Outlaws
"Outlaws" is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day from their 2016 album *Revolution Radio*.
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C.
Stay Out West
Stay Out West is the late-night club and venue program that extends the Way Out West festival experience across Gothenburg after the main festival hours.
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D.
Out in the Open
Out in the Open is a bluegrass album by the Steep Canyon Rangers that showcases their polished harmonies and contemporary acoustic sound.
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E.
The City Gone Wild
The City Gone Wild is a 1927 American silent crime film, now considered lost, in which actress Lotus Thompson appeared.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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sociological study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | sociology of urban poverty ⓘ |
| analyzes |
American black ghetto
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French banlieues ⓘ |
| author | Loïc Wacquant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compares |
French urban peripheries
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United States urban ghettos ⓘ |
| critiques |
culture of poverty explanations
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ghetto as a purely ethnic space ⓘ underclass discourse ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
penal policies in managing poverty
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role of the state in producing marginality ⓘ spatial concentration of disadvantage ⓘ workfare and welfare retrenchment ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative urban studies
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sociology ⓘ urban sociology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
contemporary Western cities
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neoliberal urban policies ⓘ social exclusion ⓘ spatial segregation ⓘ territorial stigmatization ⓘ urban marginality ⓘ |
| genre | academic monograph ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
critical urban theory
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research on territorial stigma ⓘ studies of advanced marginality ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
advanced marginality
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ghettos ⓘ relegated neighborhoods ⓘ urban poverty ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
advanced marginality
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territorial stigmatization ⓘ |
| setIn |
Chicago
NERFINISHED
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Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
comparative sociology
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poverty ⓘ race and ethnicity ⓘ social inequality ⓘ urban policy ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework |
Bourdieuian sociology
NERFINISHED
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theory of advanced marginality ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
comparative case study
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ethnography ⓘ |
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Subject: Urban Outcasts Description of subject: Urban Outcasts is a sociological study by Loïc Wacquant that analyzes advanced marginality and urban poverty in contemporary Western cities, focusing on ghettos and relegated neighborhoods.
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