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concentration on income to closely examine other pressing dimensions of inequality such as the distribution of assets, basic services, opportunity for education and social mobility, participation in decision making, and self-respect. They maintained that these social and economic inequities were the roots of the grave problems facing
America, and identified social policies and political coalitions that could reduce them. In
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in which they criticized the notion that poverty is only a matter of economic insufficiency. They argued that if the United States was to satisfy the needs of the poor, poverty had to be viewed as an issue of inequality rather than simply physical survival. They also broke away from the narrow
134:, Miller taught for many years at Boston University in its Sociology Department, where he also chaired the department. Miller has also held distinguished research and teaching positions at numerous other universities, including Brooklyn College (1961–63), Syracuse University (1961–65)
359:(Vol. IX, No. 1; entire issue), Miller wrote the first comparative study of social mobility, "Comparative Social Mobility: A Trend Report,” pointing out that, contrary to the myth, the rate of downward mobility frequently exceeds the level of upward mobility.
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