Perri 6 Explained

Perri 6
Birth Name:	David Ashworth
Nationality:	British
Workplaces:	Demos
Main Interests:	Social science

Perri 6 is a British social scientist. He changed his name from David Ashworth to Perri 6 in 1983. Whilst not an academic at the time, many years later he said he was amused by the notion of "6, P" appearing in academic papers.^[1]

6 worked for Demos, a centre-left think tank with close ties to New Labour in the 1990s. Much of 6's recent research is based on the cultural theory of risk, which he refers to as "neo-Durkheimian institutional theory".^[2] He has conducted government-backed research for the Information Commissioner's Office,^[3] and has written on behalf of the think-tank Demos.^[4] He has also contributed to the peer-reviewed Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory,^[5] Social Policy and Society^[6] and Public Administration.^[7]

6 is currently chair in Public Management at Queen Mary University of London.^[8]

Honours and awards

• In 2013, he was elected as a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.^[9]

Selected bibliography

• Book: 6, Perri . Margetts . Helen . Hood . Christopher . Helen Margetts . Christopher Hood . Paradoxes of modernization: unintended consequences of public policy reform . Oxford University Press . Oxford New York . 2010 . 9780199573547 .
• 6, Perri; Fletcher‐Morgan, Charlotte; Leyland, Kate. "Making people more responsible: the Blair Government's Programme for changing Citizens' behaviour." Political Studies 58.3 (2010): 427–449. abstract

External links

• at Queen Mary University of London

Notes and References

1. Book: Wheen , Francis . Francis Wheen . How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World . 2004 . 0-00-714097-5 . London . Harper Perennial.
2. Web site: Perri 6's homepage . . 2008-05-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918112827/http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/Profiles/72075-1-4/Professor_Perri_6.aspx . 2010-09-18 . dead .
3. Web site: Microsoft Word - P6 Entitlement cards paper for OIC v7.doc . 2010-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725072834/http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/corporate/detailed_specialist_guides/id_cards_-_ico_response_to_government_consultation_paper_-_annex_b.pdf . 2011-07-25 . dead .
4. Web site: Demos | Perri 6| Profile . 2010-02-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090430154558/http://www.demos.co.uk/people/perri6 . 2009-04-30 . [click "publications"]
5. 6, Perri. 2004. Joined-Up Government in the Western World in Comparative Perspective: A Preliminary Literature Review and Exploration. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. Oxford University Press. Oxford, United Kingdom. 14. 103–138. 10.1093/jopart/muh006. free.
6. 6, Perri. 1994. Nonprofits for Hire: the Welfare State in the Age of Contracting. Social Policy and Society. Cambridge University Press and Harvard University. Cambridge, United Kingdom. 23. 2. 296–297 . 10.1017/s0047279400021826. 144109271 .
7. 6, Perri. 2004. New Labour's modernization in the public sector: a neo-Durkheimian approach and the case of mental health services. Public Administration. Blackwell Publishing. 82. 83–108. 10.1111/j.0033-3298.2004.00384.x.
8. Web site: Perri 6.
9. Web site: New Academicians. Electronic Bulletin. August 2013. Academy of Social Sciences. December 22, 2019.