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Sudhir Venkatesh

Sudhir Venkatesh is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology and the Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University. From 2009-2011, he was Senior Research Advisor to the Office of the Director, FBI. He was a Junior Fellow at the Society of Fellows, Harvard University, and an NSF CAREER award recipient in 2000. icon

Sugrue and Venkatesh on Robert J. Sampson’s “Great American City”

By Thomas J. Sugrue & Sudhir Venkatesh

Though published only a few months ago, it’s already clear that Robert J. Sampson’s Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect will rank among the most important works of urban ...

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