Charles Perrow | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 9, 1925 |
| Died | November 12, 2019 (aged 94) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Washington University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Philip Selznick |
| Other advisors | Reinhard Bendix[1] |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Michigan University of Pittsburgh University of Wisconsin–Madison SUNY Stony Brook Yale University |
| Doctoral students | Miguel A. Centeno Aldon Morris Walter W. Powell Mauro Guillén |
| Notable works | Normal Accidents |
Charles Bryce Perrow (February 9, 1925 – November 12, 2019), or Chick Perrow[1] was an American sociologist and a leading figure of organizational sociology.[2] He spent most of his career at SUNY Stony Brook and Yale University as a professor of sociology. He authored several books and many articles on organizations, including Normal Accidents, and was primarily concerned with the impact of large organizations on society.[3][4][5]
- ^ a b "Charles Perrow (1953) | UC Berkeley Sociology Department". sociology.berkeley.edu.
- ^ Le Coze, Jean‐Christophe (2015). "1984–2014. Normal Accidents. Was Charles Perrow Right for the Wrong Reasons?". Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management. 23 (4): 275–286. doi:10.1111/1468-5973.12090. ISSN 0966-0879.
- ^ Charles Perrow (November–December 2011). "Fukushima and the inevitability of accidents". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 67 (6): 44–52. Bibcode:2011BuAtS..67f..44P. doi:10.1177/0096340211426395. S2CID 144904813.
- ^ "Charles Perrow | Sociology".
- ^ Clearfield, Chris; Tilcsik, András (2018). Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It. New York: Penguin Press. pp. 19–28. ISBN 9780735222632.