In this lecture, Leslie McCall presents a framework for understanding how, in the United States, public opinions about inequality, economic opportunity, and redistribution are related to one another in ways that are at odds with key tenets of American exceptionalism.
In this video, Leslie McCall discusses quantitative methods in the social sciences and their uses in the Stone Center's work.
Our Stone Center scholar talks about economic inequality and how people view inequality with former-COES fellow Cristóbal Moya.
L.K. Nelson, D. Burk, M. Knudsen, and L. McCall. Sociological Methods & Research. 2018.
L. McCall and A.S. Orloff. The British Journal of Sociology. vol. 68, no. S1. pp. 34-56. 2017.
In The Washington Post, Leslie McCall and Jennifer Richeson discuss how exposure to rising inequality shapes Americans’ opportunity beliefs and policy support.
L. McCall, D. Burk, M. Laperrière, and J.A. Richeson. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. vol. 114, no. 36. 2017.
L. McCall. In The Dynamics of Opportunity in America: Evidence and Perspectives. I. Kirsch and H. Braun (eds). pp. 415-442. Cham: Springer. 2016.
D. Massey, L. McCall, D. Tomaskovic-Devey, D. Avent-Holt, P. Monin, B. Fouges, and T. Wang. Socio-Economic Review. vol. 12, no. 3. pp. 609-636. 2014.
In the Boston Review, Claude S. Fischer explores how average Americans think about inequality, and references Leslie McCall's book, The Undeserving Rich.