Professor Anthony King

B.A (Cantab), M.A. (University of Michigan), Ph.D (Salford)

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Telephone: 01392 723259

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Anthony King is a Professor in Sociology. His main areas of research are football, social theory and latterly, the military. He has published widely in international journals and his most recent book, The Transformation of Europe's Armed Forces was published by Cambridge University Press in January 2011 (see research page for details and downloadable papers). Although diverse, his research is concerned with analysing contemporary social change in Europe through anthropological studies situated within the context of wider institutional transformation.