He was a lifelong Labour supporter and was a Labour councillor in Millfield, Sunderland, in the early 1970s. He was driven to do this by his disgust at the planned slum clearances in Sunderland at the time, which he opposed strongly. It was this that also inspired him to write about economic pressures and how they shape society.[2]
The Daily Telegraph news blogger Ed West described Dennis as "a key analyst of late 20th-century British society whose influence, I suspect, will stretch long into the 21st".[3]
Dennis died of leukaemia on 13 November 2010 in Sunderland, aged 81.
Bibliographyedit
Coal Is Our Life - An Analysis of a Yorkshire Mining Community (1956)
People and Planning (Society Today & Tomorrow) (1970)
Public Participation and Planner's Blight (1972)
English Ethical Socialism: Thomas More to R.H. Tawney (with A.H. Halsey) (1988)
Families Without Fatherhood (1992)
Rising Crime and the Dismembered Family (1993)
The Invention of Permanent Poverty (1997)
Racist Murder and Pressure Group Politics (2000)
Cultures and Crimes: Policing in Four Nations (2005)
Notesedit
^"Politics Obituaries – Norman Dennis". The Daily Telegraph. London. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
^Hudson, Bob (28 November 2010). "Norman Dennis obituary – Sociologist known for his research into community, the family and housing". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
^West, Ed (12 January 2011). . The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 16 January 2011.
External linksedit
Norman Dennis Obituary
December 18, 2023
norman, dennis, august, 1929, november, 2010, british, sociologist, born, 1929, august, 1929sunderland, durhamdied13, november, 2010, 2010, aged, sunderland, tyne, wearoccupationsociologisteducationbede, collegiate, boys, school, london, school, economicsspous. Norman Dennis 16 August 1929 13 November 2010 was a British sociologist Norman DennisBorn 1929 08 16 16 August 1929Sunderland DurhamDied13 November 2010 2010 11 13 aged 81 Sunderland Tyne and WearOccupationSociologistEducationBede Collegiate Boys School London School of EconomicsSpouseAudrey Robson 1954 2010 ChildrenJohn DennisJulia Hodkinson Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 Notes 4 External linksBiography editBorn one of four sons to a tram driver Norman Dennis was educated at Bede Collegiate Boys School and was offered a place at Corpus Christi College Oxford but declined it in favour of the London School of Economics where he achieved a first class honours degree in economics 1 He held academic posts at Leeds Bristol and Birmingham before finally holding a long term post as a lecturer and reader in Social Studies at Newcastle University where he worked for 35 years He was a lifelong Labour supporter and was a Labour councillor in Millfield Sunderland in the early 1970s He was driven to do this by his disgust at the planned slum clearances in Sunderland at the time which he opposed strongly It was this that also inspired him to write about economic pressures and how they shape society 2 The Daily Telegraph news blogger Ed West described Dennis as a key analyst of late 20th century British society whose influence I suspect will stretch long into the 21st 3 Dennis died of leukaemia on 13 November 2010 in Sunderland aged 81 Bibliography editCoal Is Our Life An Analysis of a Yorkshire Mining Community 1956 People and Planning Society Today amp Tomorrow 1970 Public Participation and Planner s Blight 1972 English Ethical Socialism Thomas More to R H Tawney with A H Halsey 1988 Families Without Fatherhood 1992 Rising Crime and the Dismembered Family 1993 The Invention of Permanent Poverty 1997 Racist Murder and Pressure Group Politics 2000 Cultures and Crimes Policing in Four Nations 2005 Notes edit Politics Obituaries Norman Dennis The Daily Telegraph London 24 January 2011 Retrieved 27 September 2011 Hudson Bob 28 November 2010 Norman Dennis obituary Sociologist known for his research into community the family and housing The Guardian London Retrieved 27 September 2011 West Ed 12 January 2011 The death of an ethical English socialist The Daily Telegraph London Archived from the original on 16 January 2011 External links editNorman Dennis Obituary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Norman Dennis amp oldid 1184662110, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
