Catherine Hakim

Catherine Hakim
كاترين حكيم
Born (1948-05-30) 30 May 1948 (age 76)
NationalityBritish
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
Sub-disciplinePreference theory, erotic capital
InstitutionsInstitute for the Study of Civil Society, Centre for Policy Studies, London School of Economics (1993–2011), ESRC Data Archive, Department of Employment

Catherine Hakim (born 30 May 1948)[1] (Arabic: كاترين حكيم) is a British sociologist who specialises in women's employment and women's issues. She is known for developing the preference theory, for her work on erotic capital and more recently for a sex-deficit theory.[2] She is currently a professorial research fellow at the Institute for the Study of Civil Society (Civitas), and has formerly worked in British central government and been a senior research fellow at the London School of Economics and the Centre for Policy Studies. She has also been a visiting professor at the Social Science Research Center Berlin.

  1. ^ "Sociolog: Smukke kvinder undertrykkes i Skandinavien". Berlingske Tidende. 8 October 2014.
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