Biography

Keith Macdonald is currently visiting Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, where he has held various post since 1964, including Head of Department 1984-88.

He has been a Research Fellow with large scale SSRC projects on organizations (Aston) and universities (Edinburgh and Manchester).

He has published numerous articles on the sociology of occupations, especially the professions and the military. While continuing his interest in occupations, he is also working on studies in historical sociology.

Research Interests

Sociology of occupations, especially the professions and the military. Historical sociology; the history of cognition.

Publications

The Sociology of the Professions , London : Sage 1995.

‘ Black Mafia, Loggies and Going for the Stars: the militray elite revisited'. Sociological Review 52 (1) 2004, 106-135.

‘Professional work' in Social Theory at Work. Eds. Korczynski M., Hodson R., Edwards P. Oxford , Oxford Uiversity Press, 2005

. ‘Professions', in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology: General Editor: G. Ritzer, Oxford , Blackwell: 2006

‘Using Documents'. Researching Social Life (3rd Edn) ed. N. Gilbert, London : Sage, 2007 .