Nicholas Abercrombie
Nicholas Abercrombie | |
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| Born | 1944 Birmingham, England |
| Occupation(s) | Sociologist, academic |
| Years active | 1968–2004 |
| Known for | Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University (1990–2004) |
Nicholas Abercrombie (b. 1944) is a British sociologist and former academic professional. From 1990 until 2004, he held the position of Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University.
Education and career
Born in Birmingham in 1944 to scholars Michael and Jane Abercrombie, he obtained his BA degree from The Queen's College, Oxford in 1966, followed by a Master of Science (MSc) from the London School of Economics in 1968.
Between 1968 and 1970, Abercrombie was employed as a research officer focusing on town planning at University College London. Subsequently, he joined Lancaster University as a lecturer. He earned his doctoral degree there in 1980, advanced to senior lecturer by 1983, was appointed reader in sociology in 1988, and attained the role of Professor of Sociology in 1990. He also fulfilled the duties of Pro-Vice Chancellor from 1995 until his retirement in 2004.
Publications
- Class, Structure, and Knowledge (Basil Blackwell, 1980)
- (Co-written with Stephen Hill and Bryan S. Turner) The Dominant Ideology Thesis (Allen & Unwin, 1980)
- (Co-authored with John Urry) Capital, Labour, and the Middle Classes (Allen & Unwin, 1983)
- (Co-authored alongside Stephen Hill and Bryan S. Turner) The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology (Penguin, 1984)
- (Co-written with Stephen Hill and Bryan S. Turner) Sovereign Individuals of Capitalism (Allen & Unwin, 1986)
- (In collaboration with Alan Warde, Keith Soothill, Rosemary Deem, Sue Penna, Andrew Sayer, John Urry, and Sylvia Walby) Contemporary British Society (Polity Press, 1988; third edition published in 2000)
- (Edited jointly with Stephen Hill and Bryan S. Turner) Dominant Ideologies (Unwin Hyman, 1990)
- (Co-edited with Russell Keat) Enterprise Culture (Routledge, 1991)
- (Edited together with Alan Warde) Social Change in Contemporary Britain (Polity Press, 1992)
- (Edited alongside Alan Warde) Stratification and Social Inequality: Studies in British Society (Framework Press, 1994)
- (Co-edited with Alan Warde) Family, Household, and Life-Course: Studies in British Society (Framework Press, 1994)
- (Edited with Russell Keat and Nigel Whiteley) The Authority of the Consumer (Routledge, 1994)
- Television and Society (Polity Press, 1996)
- (With Brian Longhurst) Audiences: A Sociological Theory of Performance and Imagination (Sage, 1998)
- (Edited alongside Alan Warde) The Contemporary British Society Reader (Polity Press, 2000)