Catherine Hakim
Encyclopedia
Catherine Hakim is a British
sociologist
and former civil servant. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies
. Her research is focused on labour market topics, women's issues and research methods. She is known for developing the preference theory
and criticism of many feminist
assumptions about women's employment. Lately, she has also become known for her work on "erotic capital
".
She grew up in the Middle East and came to Britain for boarding school aged 16. She has previously been Principal Research Officer in the Department of Employment's Social Science Branch for ten years and Director of the ESRC Data Archive
from 1989 to 1990. She was a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics
between 1990 and 2003, when she chose to resign from this position. However, she continued to be affiliated with the institution where she still had an office, and was listed both as a visiting scholar and as a senior research fellow at the institution's website until 2011.
She is a member of the editorial boards of the European Sociological Review and International Sociology
.
United Kingdom
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sociologist
Sociology
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and former civil servant. She is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Policy Studies
Centre for Policy Studies
The Centre for Policy Studies is a British right wing policy think tank whose goal is to promote coherent and practical public policy, to roll back the state, reform public services, support communities, and challenge threats to Britain’s independence...
. Her research is focused on labour market topics, women's issues and research methods. She is known for developing the preference theory
Preference theory
Preference theory is a multidisciplinary theory developed by Catherine Hakim. It seeks both to explain and predict women's choices regarding investment in productive or reproductive contributions to society....
and criticism of many feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
assumptions about women's employment. Lately, she has also become known for her work on "erotic capital
Erotic Capital
Sexual capital or erotic capital is a form of social worthiness granted to an individual, as a result of his or her sexual attractiveness to the majority of his or her social group...
".
She grew up in the Middle East and came to Britain for boarding school aged 16. She has previously been Principal Research Officer in the Department of Employment's Social Science Branch for ten years and Director of the ESRC Data Archive
UK Data Archive
The UK Data Archive is a national centre of expertise in data archiving in the United Kingdom . It houses the largest collection of digital data in the social sciences and humanities in the UK....
from 1989 to 1990. She was a Senior Research Fellow at the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
between 1990 and 2003, when she chose to resign from this position. However, she continued to be affiliated with the institution where she still had an office, and was listed both as a visiting scholar and as a senior research fellow at the institution's website until 2011.
She is a member of the editorial boards of the European Sociological Review and International Sociology
International Sociology
International Sociology is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in the field of sociology. The journal's editor-in-chief is Christine Inglis . It was established in 1986 and is currently published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the International Sociological Association...
.
Selected books
- Secondary analysis in social research, London : Allen & Unwin, 1982, ISBN 0043120156, ISBN 0043120164
- Social Change and Innovation in the Labour Market: Evidence from the Census SARs on Occupational Segregation and Labour Mobility, Part-Time Work and Student Jobs, Homework and Self-Employment (Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 1998). ISBN 019829381X - Work-Lifestyle Choices in the 21st Century: Preference Theory (Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 2000). With a Preface by Anthony GiddensAnthony GiddensAnthony Giddens, Baron Giddens is a British sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern contributors in the field of sociology, the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29...
. ISBN 0199242100 - Research Design: Successful Designs for Social and Economic Research (RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2000). ISBN 9780415223126 - Models of the Family in Modern Societies: Ideals and Realities (AshgateAshgateAshgate is an area in northeast Derbyshire, England, west of the town of Chesterfield. It is close to the town centre and local amenities.A leading place of interest in the area is the Inkerman playing fields, formerly a Victorian swimming baths and a former area of pottery, most notably...
, 2003). ISBN 0754644065 - Key Issues in Women’s Work (Glasshouse Press, 1996, 2004). ISBN 1904385168
- Modelos de Familia en las Sociedades Modernas: Ideales y Realidades (Centro de Investigaciónes Sociológicas, 2005). ISBN 978-84-7476-378-2
- Little Britons: Financing Childcare Choice (Policy ExchangePolicy ExchangePolicy Exchange is a British conservative think tank based in London. The Daily Telegraph has described it as "the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right"...
, 2008), with Karen Bradley, Emily Price and Louisa Mitchell. ISBN 9781906097219 - Honey Money: The Power of Erotic Capital, 2011
Selected articles
- Hakim, Catherine. "Developing a sociology for the twenty-first century: Preference Theory". British Journal of SociologyBritish Journal of SociologyThe British Journal of Sociology is an academic journal, founded in 1950 at the London School of Economics. The main founders were the sociologists Morris Ginsberg and Thomas Humphrey Marshall. Their intended title, "The London Journal of Sociology", seems to have been changed by the publisher...
49 (1998): 137–43. - Hakim, Catherine. "A New Approach to Explaining Fertility Patterns: Preference Theory". Population and Development Review 29 (2004): 349–374.
- Hakim, Catherine, 'Women, careers, and work-life preferences', British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 34: 279-294, August 2006.
- Hakim, Catherine, `Public morality versus personal choice: the failure of social attitude surveys', British Journal of Sociology, 54: 339-45, September 2003.
- Hakim, Catherine, `Lifestyle preferences as determinants of women's differentiated labour market careers', Work and Occupations, 29: 428-459, November 2002.
- Hakim, Catherine, `The politics of female diversity in the 21st century', pp. 191-227 in The Future of Gender (ed) J Browne, Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Hakim, Catherine, `Sex differences in work-life balance goals', pp 55-79 in Work-Life Balance in the Twenty-First Century (ed) D Houston, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
- Hakim, Catherine, `Lifestyle preferences versus patriarchal values: causal and non-causal attitudes', pp. 69-91 in Changing Life Patterns in Western Industrial Societies (eds) J Z Giele and E Holst, Oxford: Elsevier, January 2004.
- Hakim, Catherine. "Erotic Capital". European Sociological Review, 26:499–518, 2010
- Hakim, Catherine, 'Women's lifestyle preferences in the 21st century: Implications for family policy' in The Future of Motherhood in Europe (eds) J Schippers, G Beets and E te Velde, Dordrecht NL and Hingham MA: Springer, April 2011.