Fiona Devine

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(born 6 June 1962) is a professor of sociology at the

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and vice-president and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester.

Education

Devine's degrees, master's and doctorate were all gained from the

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Career

Devine is best known for sociology writings about a new model of class structures: seven classes ranging from the

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at the top to a

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at the bottom. She collaborated with the BBC website

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on the

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. More generally Devine specialises in

social stratification Social stratification refers to a society's categorization of its people into groups based on socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power (social and political ...

and mobility; class identity; and in gender, work and family. She is co-director of the Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change at Manchester.

Awards

She was awarded an

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for Services to Social Sciences in 2010 and elected to the

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in 2011. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the

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for services to the Social Sciences.

Selected bibliography

Books

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Book chapters

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Journal articles

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References

External links

Profile: Manchester Business School
{{DEFAULTSORT:Devine, Fiona Living people Academics of the University of Manchester Alumni of the University of Essex British sociologists 1962 births Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences Officers of the Order of the British Empire Commanders of the Order of the British Empire British women sociologists