Response to Loic J. D. Wacquant's "Three Pernicious Premises in the Study of the American Ghetto"

Loic J. D. Wacquant (1997) is criticized for defining ghetto in such ideal-typical terms as to render it amenable only to subjective analysis, rather than empirical research. Wacquant's work is described as based primarily on ideological rhetoric. He is also criticized for demonizing his critics as racists to avoid having to address their concerns substantively. 10 References. W. Mills