Pamela Abbott

Pamela Abbott
Born	(1947-06-27) 27 June 1947 (age 78) London
Academic work
Main interests	Sociology

Pamela Abbott, FAcSS (born 27 June 1947) ^[1] is an English academic in sociology, gender and development studies. She is Director of the Centre for Global Development and Professor in the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen, ^[2] and Director of the Centre for Global Development. ^[3]

Abbott leads the Scottish Government-funded research project Fostering a Social Practice Approach to Adult Literacies for Improving People’s Quality of Life in Western Rwanda. ^[4] She also leads the Global Health Research Group on promoting children’s and adolescent’s mental wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa, a project funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research. ^[5]

In her writings on feminist perspectives in sociology, Abbott challenges a limited consideration of gender issues within mainstream sociology, ^[6] and advocates a reconceputialisation and interdisciplinary approach in order to question fundamental assumptions in the discipline. ^[7]

Abbott's recent research interests focus on quality of life and socioeconomic transitions ^[8] in societies experiencing transformations following the Arab Spring. ^[9]

Selected bibliography

Books

• Abbott, Pamela (1987). Women and social class. London New York: Tavistock Publications. ISBN   9780422610001.
• Abbott, Pamela; Payne, Geoff (1990). The social mobility of women: beyond male mobility models. London England New York: Falmer Press. ISBN   9781850008453.
• Abbott, Pamela; Wallace, Claire (1990). The sociology of the caring professions. London New York: Falmer Press. ISBN   9781850008248.
• Abbott, Pamela; Wallace, Claire (1990). An introduction to sociology: feminist perspectives. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780415010368.
• Abbott, Pamela; Wallace, Claire (1992). The family and the new right. London Boulder, Colorado: Pluto Press. ISBN   9780745305332.
• Abbott, Pamela; Simmons, Maxine; McSherry, Robert (2002). Evidence-informed nursing: a guide for clinical nurses . London New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780415204972.
• Abbott, Pamela; Wallace, Claire; Sapsford, Roger (2016). The Decent Society. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN   9781138909335.
• Teti, Andrea; Abbott, Pamela; Cavatorta, Francesco (2018). The Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia: Social, Political and Economic Transformations. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9783319690438.

Journal articles

• Abbott, Pamela; Haerpfer, Christian; Wallace, Claire (Winter 2008). "Women in Rwandan politics and society". International Journal of Sociology . 38 (4): 111–125. doi:10.2753/IJS0020-7659380406. S2CID   142994312.

References

1. "Abbott, Pamela". Library of Congress. Retrieved 4 January 2015. CIP t.p. (Pamela Abbott, Polytechnic of the So.-West at Plymouth) data sht. (b. 6-27-47)
2. "Pamela Abbott" . Retrieved 4 January 2015.
3. "Professor PAMELA ABBOTT | Staff Profile | StaffNet | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
4. "#OurTimeNow: Improving Women's Lives in Rwanda through Education". Fawcett Society. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
5. "Our Team". The University of Aberdeen. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
6. Jackson, Sue (1997). "Crossing borders and changing pedagogies: From Giroux and Freire to feminist theories of education". Gender and Education. 9 (4): 457–467. doi:10.1080/09540259721196.
7. Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Nadera (1 January 2003). "Reexamining Femicide: Breaking the Silence and Crossing "Scientific" Borders". Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 28 (2): 581–608. doi:10.1086/342590. ISSN   0097-9740. S2CID   146450193.
8. "Professor Pamela Abbott featured by The International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies(ISQOLS) | News | ArabTrans | The University of Aberdeen". www.arabtrans.eu. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
9. Teti, Andrea; Abbott, Pamela (21 July 2016). "Arab Transformations Framework Project Paper". SSRN   2903282.

External links

• Profile page: Professor Pamela Abbott, The School of Social Science, University of Aberdeen