Pamela Abbott
Pamela Abbott | |
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| Born | 27 June 1947 London |
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| Main interests | Sociology |
Pamela Abbott,FAcSS(born 27 June 1947)[1]is an English academic insociology,genderanddevelopment studies.She is Director of the Centre for Global Development and Professor in the School of Education at theUniversity of Aberdeen,[2]and Director of the Centre for Global Development.[3]
Abbott leads the Scottish Government-funded research projectFostering a Social Practice Approach to Adult Literacies for Improving People’s Quality of Life in Western Rwanda.[4]She also leads theGlobal Health Research Group on promoting children’s and adolescent’s mental wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa,a project funded by theNational Institute for Health and Care Research.[5]
In her writings onfeminist perspectives in sociology,Abbott challenges a limited consideration of gender issues within mainstream sociology,[6]and advocates a reconceputialisation andinterdisciplinaryapproach in order to question fundamental assumptions in the discipline.[7]
Abbott's recent research interests focus on quality of life and socioeconomic transitions[8]in societies experiencing transformations following theArab Spring.[9]
Selected bibliography
[edit]Books
[edit]- Abbott, Pamela (1987).Women and social class.London New York: Tavistock Publications.ISBN9780422610001.
- Abbott, Pamela; Payne, Geoff (1990).The social mobility of women: beyond male mobility models.London England New York: Falmer Press.ISBN9781850008453.
- Abbott, Pamela; Wallace, Claire (1990).The sociology of the caring professions.London New York: Falmer Press.ISBN9781850008248.
- Abbott, Pamela; Wallace, Claire (1990).An introduction to sociology: feminist perspectives.London New York: Routledge.ISBN9780415010368.
- Abbott, Pamela; Wallace, Claire (1992).The family and the new right.London Boulder, Colorado: Pluto Press.ISBN9780745305332.
- Abbott, Pamela; Simmons, Maxine; McSherry, Robert (2002).Evidence-informed nursing: a guide for clinical nurses.London New York: Routledge.ISBN9780415204972.
- Abbott, Pamela; Wallace, Claire; Sapsford, Roger (2016).The Decent Society.Abingdon: Routledge.ISBN9781138909335.
- Teti, Andrea; Abbott, Pamela; Cavatorta, Francesco (2018).The Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia: Social, Political and Economic Transformations.Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN9783319690438.
Journal articles
[edit]- Abbott, Pamela; Haerpfer, Christian; Wallace, Claire (Winter 2008). "Women in Rwandan politics and society".International Journal of Sociology.38(4): 111–125.doi:10.2753/IJS0020-7659380406.S2CID142994312.
References
[edit]- ^"Abbott, Pamela".Library of Congress.Retrieved4 January2015.
CIP t.p. (Pamela Abbott, Polytechnic of the So.-West at Plymouth) data sht. (b. 6-27-47)
- ^"Pamela Abbott".Retrieved4 January2015.
- ^"Professor PAMELA ABBOTT | Staff Profile | StaffNet | The University of Aberdeen".www.abdn.ac.uk.Retrieved22 March2018.
- ^"#OurTimeNow: Improving Women's Lives in Rwanda through Education".Fawcett Society.Retrieved22 March2018.
- ^"Our Team".The University of Aberdeen.Retrieved25 July2023.
- ^Jackson, Sue (1997). "Crossing borders and changing pedagogies: From Giroux and Freire to feminist theories of education".Gender and Education.9(4): 457–467.doi:10.1080/09540259721196.
- ^Shalhoub‐Kevorkian, Nadera (1 January 2003). "Reexamining Femicide: Breaking the Silence and Crossing" Scientific "Borders".Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society.28(2): 581–608.doi:10.1086/342590.ISSN0097-9740.S2CID146450193.
- ^"Professor Pamela Abbott featured by The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies(ISQOLS) | News | ArabTrans | The University of Aberdeen".www.arabtrans.eu.Archived fromthe originalon 23 March 2018.Retrieved22 March2018.
- ^Teti, Andrea; Abbott, Pamela (21 July 2016). "Arab Transformations Framework Project Paper". Rochester, NY.doi:10.2139/ssrn.2903282.SSRN2903282.
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External links
[edit]- Profile page: Professor Pamela Abbott,The School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen
