In Sidewalk, the sociologist Mitch Duneier spent a great deal of time interviewing and hanging out with street vendors in New York City. He was especially interested in how power associated with race and class was produced and reproduced in this setting. What sort of sociology was Duneier doing?

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Duneier's focus on the interactions and power dynamics among street vendors in a specific setting (New York City) suggests that he was using a microsociological approach.

In Sidewalk, the Sociologist Mitch Duneier Spent a Great Deal