Jason Hughes (sociologist)
| Jason Hughes | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jason Hughes Uk |
| Website |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Leicester |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Leicester |
| Main interests | Sociology |
Jason Hughes (born 21 October 1943) is currently a professor and Head of the Department of Sociology at University of Leicester. Previously, he worked as a Senior Lecturer at Brunel University in West London.[1]
Hughes' research interests include problematised consumption; drugs, addiction and health; emotions, work and identity; figurational sociology and sociological theory; methods and methodology; moral panics and regulation. His first book, Learning to Smoke[2] was winner of the 2006 Norbert Elias prize.[3] More recently he has completed, together with Eric Dunning, a major study of the work of Norbert Elias entitled Norbert Elias and Modern Sociology: Knowledge, Interdependence, Power, Process.[4] He has also published a number of edited books, including Visual Methods[5] and Internet Research[6] and co-edited books, including, together with John Goodwin, Documentary and Archival Research[7] together with Chas Critcher, Julian Petley and Amanda Rolloff, Moral Panics in the Contemporary World[8] and, together with Nick Jewson and Lorna Unwin, Communities of Practice: Critical Perspectives[9]
References
- ↑ "Profile page: Professor Jason Hughes". Department of Sociology, University of Leicester.
- ↑ "Learning to Smoke". University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Brett Bowden wins 2011 Norbert Elias Prize | Norbert Elias Foundation Blog". norberteliasfoundation.nl. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Norbert Elias and Modern Sociology". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "SAGE Visual Methods | SAGE Publications Ltd". uk.sagepub.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "SAGE Internet Research Methods | SAGE Publications Ltd". uk.sagepub.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ (Sage, 2014)
- ↑ (Bloomsbury, 2013)
- ↑ (Routledge, 2007)