John Scott (sociologist)

John Scott
Born
John Peter Scott

(1949-04-08) 8 April 1949 (age 75)
London, England
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisTowards a Model of Status[1] (1976)
Doctoral advisor
Academic work
DisciplineSociology
Institutions
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John Peter Scott CBE FRSA FBA FAcSS (born 8 April 1949)[2] is an English sociologist working on issues of economic and political sociology, social stratification, the history of sociology, and social network analysis. He is currently working independently, and has previously worked at the Universities of Strathclyde, Leicester, Essex, and Plymouth.[3] He is a Fellow of the British Academy (elected 2007), a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (elected 2005), and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (elected 2003). He has been a member of the British Sociological Association since 1970. In 2015 he became Chair of Section S4 of the British Academy. In 2016 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Essex University.[4]

  1. ^ Scott, John P. (1976). Towards a Model of Status: A Realist Approach to Status in the Stratification Systems of Modern Society, with Particular Reference to the Contributions of Weber and Parsons (PhD thesis). Glasgow: University of Strathclyde. OCLC 500557386.
  2. ^ "Scott, John, 1949-". Library of Congress. Retrieved 23 September 2014. (John Peter Scott, born 8 Apr. 1949)
  3. ^ "Plymouth University". Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Honorary Graduates | University of Essex".