About Peter Robert Saunders
Born 1950. Peter Robert Saunders is an Australian and British sociologist.
Peter Robert Saunders (born 1950) is a British sociologist.
He was born in Croydon and educated at Selhurst Grammar School for Boys. He gained a BA in sociology from the University of Kent, and a PhD from Chelsea College, while also acting as a research officer at the University of Essex.
In 1976 he joined the University of Sussex, becoming professor of sociology in 1988. He was research manager at the Australian Institute of Family Studies from 1999 to 2000, and then social research director at the Centre for Independent Studies, a libertarian think tank, from 2001 to 2008. In 2008 he returned to the UK, where he is now working as an independent social research consultant and fiction writer.
Selected publications The Rise of the Equalities Industry (2011, ). When Prophecy Fails (2011, ) Beware False Prophets (2010, ) Social Mobility Myths (2010, ) The Versailles Memorandum (2009, ) Taxploitation: The Case for Income Tax Reform (edited 2006, ). Australia's Welfare Habit: And how to kick it (2004, ). A Self-Reliant Australia (2003, ). Poverty in Australia: Beyond the Rhetoric (2002, ). Social Foundations of a Free Society (2001, ). Unequal But Fair (1996, ). Capitalism: A Social Audit (1995, ). Privatization and Popular Capitalism (with Colin Harris, 1994, ). A Nation of Home Owners (1990 ). Social Class and Stratification (1990, ). Social Theory and the Urban Question (1981/1986, ). Urban Politics: A Sociological Interpretation (1979, ).
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Australian sociologist
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Peter Robert Saunders was born on 30 August 1950 in London.
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