About - Ann Oakley
About Ann Oakley. Ann Oakley was born in London in 1944. She was the only child of Kay Titmuss, a social worker, and Richard Titmuss, one of the 20th century's foremost social policy theorists and an architect of Britain's welfare state.
Ann Oakley
Here you can find out more about Ann Oakley's work and life, and get details of her books and other publications. There are also links to videos and interviews in which she talks about her work. Ann Oakley is a writer and a sociologist.
Publications by Theme - Ann Oakley
Oakley A (2020) Women, the early development of sociological research methods in Britain and the London School of Economics: A (partially) retrieved history. Sociology 54 (2): 292-331. Go to top
Quotes - Ann Oakley
The Ann Oakley Reader, 2005, p119. 'One major consequence of childbirth for women... is termed "postnatal depression". Despite its appearance, this is a deeply unscientific label: it lacks any clear definition, aetiology or treatment, and has no apparent link to the hormonal mechanisms which are often said to produce it.'
successful adherence to these standards and routines. An incidental function is that of job enlargement. There is a relationship between the extent of standards- and
Non-Fiction Books - annoakley.co.uk
The Ann Oakley Reader: Gender, Women and Social Science (2005). Bristol: Policy Press. 'She is a pioneer in her field' (Times Higher Education). Gender on Planet Earth (2002). Cambridge: Polity Press. 'Yet another exceptionally good book' (Acta Sociologica). Experiments in Knowing: Gender and Method in the Social Sciences (2000). Cambridge ...
Events and Media - annoakley.co.uk
A small sociology of maternal memory: an interview with Ann Oakley (2017). Writing fiction as a sociologist: an interview with Ann Oakley (2019). Feminist histories, Feminist futures: an interview with Professor Ann Oakley (2021).
PROFESSOR ANN ROSAMUND OAKLEY CURRICULUM VITÆ Address Social Science Research Unit UCL Social Research Institute 18 Woburn Square London WC1H ONR Tel: +44 (0)20 7612 6380
As John Stuart Mill observed in 1869, the topic of sex differences is one on which almost everybody feels qualified to dogmatise, while 'almost all neglect and make
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About Ann Oakley. FAQs Quotes from her work Full CV Publications by Theme. Books. Fiction Non-Fiction. Events and Media; Other. Barbara Wootton Richard Titmuss. Contact; Credits; Frequently Asked Questions Are you dead? This was rumoured in a psychology book . Perhaps the rumour is a function of the fact that I've now been around for quite a ...