Introduction
Fiona Devine CBE FAcSS (born 6 June 1962) is a professor of sociology at the University of Manchester and head of Manchester Business School.
Education
Devine's degree, masters and doctorate were all gained from the University of Essex.
Career
Devine is best known for sociology writings about a new model of class structures: seven classes ranging from the Elite at the top to a Precariat at the bottom. She collaborated with the BBC website BBC Lab UK on the Great British Class Survey. More generally Devine specialises in social stratification 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 OBE for Services to Social Sciences in 2010 and elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in 2011. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to the Social Sciences.
Selected bibliography
Books
- Devine, Fiona; Waters, Mary C. (2004). Social inequalities in comparative perspective. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9780631226857.
- Devine, Fiona; Savage, Mike; Scott, John; Crompton, Rosemary (2005). Rethinking class: culture, identities and lifestyles. Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780333968956.
Book chapters
- Devine, Fiona; Waters, Mary C. (2004), "Introduction",in Devine, Fiona; Waters, Mary C. (eds.), Social inequalities in comparative perspective, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 1–19, ISBN 9780631226857.
- Devine, Fiona (2004), "Talking about class in Britain",in Devine, Fiona; Waters, Mary C. (eds.), Social inequalities in comparative perspective, Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 191–213, ISBN 9780631226857.
Journal articles
- Devine, Fiona; Snee, Helene (2014). "Taking the next step: Class, resources and educational choice across the generations". Journal of Youth Studies. 17 (8): 998–1013. doi:10.1080/13676261.2014.881987.
- Devine, Fiona; Snee, Helene (May 2015). "Doing the Great British class survey". The Sociological Review. 63 (2): 240–258. doi:10.1111/1467-954X.12282.
- Devine, Fiona (2016). "The working class, middle class, assimilation and convergence". The Sociological Review. (Monograph series.)
- Devine, Fiona; Sensler, Marianne (January–March 2017). "Class, politics and the progressive dilemma". The Political Quarterly. 88 (1): 30–38. doi:10.1111/1467-923X.12331.