The Sociology of Housework
- EqualityWomen Studies
- Categories:Social Sciences
- Language:English(Translation Services Available)
- Publication date:October,2018
- Pages:270
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- Size:234mm×156mm
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She is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at the UCL Institute of Education, and until January 2005 was Director of the Social Science Research Unit (SSRU) at the Institute, where she also headed the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre). She holds an honorary appointment as a Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford.
Her books include The Sociology of Housework, From Here to Maternity and The Men's Room which was serialised by the BBC in 1991, Wives Women, Peace and Welfare, and most recently Forgotten and so on.
In 2011 the British Sociological Association gave her one of their first Lifetime achievement Awards for her extraordinary contribution to the history of the development of sociology in Britain.
Oakley is the only daughter of Professor Richard Titmuss, who's a pioneering British social researcher and teacher. He founded the academic discipline of social administration (now largely known in universities as social policy).