Walter Korpi (20 February 1934 – 19 November 2024) was a Swedish sociologist. Korpi was a pioneer of power resource theory. Together with the Swedish politician and sociologist Joakim Palme, he wrote the work "The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality", which has some detractors about its principles. He was the brother of Sture Korpi. Academic and professional career. He entered Stockholm University in 1958 and received a degree in philosophy from Stockholm University four years later. He also studied at the University of Colorado Boulder between 1955 and 1956.
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