Peter Abell
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Peter Abell | |
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 Professor Peter Abell | |
| Born | 1939 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Occupation(s) | Professor in the Management and Economic Strategy group within the department of Management at London School of Economics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Social scientist |
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Peter Abell (born 1939) is a British social scientist, currently professor emeritus at the London School of Economics where he has founded and directed the "Interdisciplinary Institute of Management".[1] He has been teaching for many years at LSE's Department of Management,[2] managerial economics and strategy group.
Work
[edit]He is known for his contribution to mathematical social science, both quantitative and qualitative. He is the author of several books on methodology and individual participation and co-operation[3] and currently focuses on an approach he coined Bayesian narratives and on network analysis particularly the role of signed structures in group formation and identity change.
Political activism
[edit]During the 1960s Abell was involved in demonstrations organised by the Committee of 100 in Trafalgar Square[4] and in his youth advocated for civil disobedience and nuclear disarmament.[5]
Selected publications
[edit]- Books
- Abell, Peter (1971). Model building in sociology (basic ideas in the human sciences). London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson. OCLC 610200189.
- Abell, Peter, ed. (1975). Organizations as bargaining and influence systems. OCLC 464079399.
- Abell, Peter (1987). The syntax of social life: the theory and method of comparative narratives. Oxford Oxfordshire New York: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198272717.
- Abell, Peter (1988). Establishing support systems for industrial co-operatives: case studies from the Third World. Aldershot, Hants, England Brookfield, Vt., U.S.A: Avebury Gower Pub. Co. ISBN 9780566054754.
- Abell, Peter (2006). Organisation theory: an interdisciplinary approach. University of London Press. OCLC 903146201.
- Abell, Peter; Engel, Ofer (2023). Ethnographic Causality. Universtity of Groningen Press. ISBN 978-9403429472.
- Book chapters
- Abell, Peter (2011), "Singular Mechanisms and Bayesian Narratives", in Demeulenaere, Pierre (ed.), Analytical sociology and social mechanisms, Leiden: Cambridge University Press, pp. 121–135, ISBN 9781139082617.
- Journal articles
- Abell, Peter (1993). "Some aspects of narrative method". Journal of Mathematical Sociology. 18 (2–3). Taylor and Francis: 93–134. doi:10.1080/0022250X.1993.9990119.
- Abell, Peter (January 2003). "On the prospects of a unified social science". Socio-Economic Review. 1 (1). Oxford Journals: 1–26. doi:10.1093/soceco/1.1.1.
- Abell, Peter (2004). "Narrative explanation: an alternative to variable-centered explanation?". Annual Review of Sociology. 30. Annual Reviews: 287–310. doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100113. JSTOR 29737695.
- Abell, Peter (2007). "Narratives, Bayesian narratives and narrative actions". Sociologica. 1 (3). Società editrice il Mulino. doi:10.2383/25959. S2CID 143114149.
- Abell, Peter (November 2007). "Review: Are reasons explanations?: Why? What Happens When People Give Reasons... and Why by Charles Tilly". Contemporary Sociology. 36 (6). Sage: 532–534. doi:10.1177/009430610703600608. JSTOR 20443961. S2CID 143899770.
- Abell, Peter (August 2009). "A case for cases: comparative narratives in sociological explanation". Sociological Methods & Research. 38 (1). Sage: 38–70. doi:10.1177/0049124109339372. S2CID 119501003.
References
[edit]- ^ "Peter Abell's CV 2011" (PDF). London School of Economics. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "Professor Peter Abell". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ "European Academy of Sociology - Fellows". European Academy of Sociology. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Leeds students arrested after sit-down demonstrations" (PDF) (Press release). Union News - The Weekly Newspaper of Leeds University Union. 29 September 1961. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ "Letters - The Head and the Heart" (PDF) (Press release). Union News - Leeds University Union. 13 October 1961. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
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