The Matthew Effect: How Advantage Begets Further Advantage

Daniel Rigney

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February, 2010
Cloth, 176 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-14948-8
$24.50 / £17.00

Web Features:

• Read Daniel Rigney’s blog post The Matthew Effect as Social Spiral.
• Read an interview with Daniel Rigney.

Related Subjects

• Social Work
• Sociology

About the Author

Daniel Rigney, a sociologist at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, was director of the university's honors program for twenty-three years. With an interest in social theory, the sociology of religion and culture, and social justice issues, he is the author of The Metaphorical Society: An Invitation to Social Theory and is married to the historian Alida Metcalf.

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