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 | 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[]
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[]
During the 1960s Abell was involved in demonstrations organised by the Committee of 100 in Trafalgar Square[4] and advocated for civil disobedience and nuclear disarmament.[5]
Selected publications[]
- 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.
- 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. Taylor and Francis. 18 (2–3): 93–134. doi:10.1080/0022250X.1993.9990119.
- Abell, Peter (January 2003). "On the prospects of a unified social science". Socio-Economic Review. Oxford Journals. 1 (1): 1–26. doi:10.1093/soceco/1.1.1.
- Abell, Peter (2004). "Narrative explanation: an alternative to variable-centered explanation?". Annual Review of Sociology. Annual Reviews. 30: 287–310. doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.29.010202.100113. JSTOR 29737695.
- Abell, Peter (2007). "Narratives, Bayesian narratives and narrative actions". Sociologica. Società editrice il Mulino. 1 (3). doi:10.2383/25959.
- Abell, Peter (November 2007). "Review: Are reasons explanations?: Why? What Happens When People Give Reasons... and Why by Charles Tilly". Contemporary Sociology. Sage. 36 (6): 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. Sage. 38 (1): 38–70. doi:10.1177/0049124109339372. S2CID 119501003.
References[]
- ^ "Peter Abell's CV 2011" (PDF). London School of Economics. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
- ^ Science, London School of Economics and Political. "Professor Peter Abell". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
- ^ "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. September 29, 1961. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ^ "Letters - The Head and the Heart" (PDF) (Press release). Union News - Leeds University Union. October 13, 1961. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
External links[]
- 1939 births
- Living people
- English sociologists
- Academics of the London School of Economics
- Alumni of the University of Leeds
- British academic biography stubs