Mike Savage

Michael Savage, (born 20 June 1959) is a British sociologist and academic, specialising in social class. Since 2014 he has been the Martin White Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), the post traditionally awarded to the most senior professor in the department. In addition to being Head of the Sociology Department between 2013-2016, Savage also held the position of Director of LSE's International Inequalities Institute between 2015-2020. He previously taught at the University of Manchester and the University of York. Honours In 2007, Savage was elected a Fellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. Selected works Savage, Mike (1987). The Dynamics of Working-Class Politics: The Labour Movement in Preston, 1880–1940. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Savage, Mike; Barlow, James; Dickens, Peter; Fielding, Tony (1992). Property, Bureaucracy and Culture: Middle-Class Formation in Contemporary Britain. London: Routledge. Savage, Mike; Witz, Anne (eds.) (1992). Gender and Bureaucracy. Oxford: Blackwell. Savage, Mike; Miles, Andrew (1994). The Remaking of the British Working Class, 1840–1940. London: Routledge. Butler, Tim; Savage, Mike (eds.) (1995). Social Change and the Middle Classes. London: UCL Press. Halford, Susan; Savage, Mike; Witz, Anne (eds.) (1997). Gender, Careers and Organizations: Current Developments in Banking, Nursing and Local Government. London: Macmillan. Savage, Mike (2000). Class Analysis and Social Transformation. Open University Press. Savage, Mike; Naidoo, Prem (eds.) (2002). Popularisation of Science and Technology Education: Some Case Studies from South Africa. London: Commonwealth Secretariat.