Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Loughborough University.

Associate Fellow in Cultural Policy Research, University of Warwick.

Editorial board member and co-editor designate of The International Journal of Cultural Policy.

Previous books: 'Writers and the Arts Council' (ACGB Pulications, 1981)
'Cultural Popularism' (Routledge, 1992)
'Studying Culture' (Arnold, 1993 & 1997)
'Culture and the Public Sphere' (Routledge, 1996)
'Cultural Methodologies' (Sage, 1997)
'Technocities' (Sage, 1999)
'Modernity and Postmodern Culture' (Open University Press, 1999)