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**Perri 6** is a British [social scientist](/source/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](/source/Demos_(UK_think_tank)), a [centre-left](/source/Centre-left) [think tank](/source/Think_tank) with close ties to [New Labour](/source/New_Labour) in the 1990s. Much of 6's recent research is based on the [cultural theory of risk](/source/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](/source/Information_Commissioner's_Office),[3] and has written on behalf of the think-tank [Demos](/source/Demos_(UK_think_tank)).[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](/source/Public_Administration_(journal))*.[7]

6 is currently chair in Public Management at [Queen Mary University of London](/source/Queen_Mary_University_of_London).[8]

## Honours and awards

- In 2013, he was elected as a [fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences](/source/Fellow_of_the_Academy_of_Social_Sciences).[9]

## Selected bibliography

- 6, Perri; Margetts, Helen; Hood, Christopher (2010). *Paradoxes of modernization: unintended consequences of public policy reform*. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 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](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9248.2009.00817.x)

## References

1. Wheen, Francis (2004). *How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World*. London: Harper Perennial. ISBN 0-00-714097-5.

1. ["Perri 6's homepage"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100918112827/http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/Profiles/72075-1-4/Professor_Perri_6.aspx). [Nottingham Trent University](/source/Nottingham_Trent_University). Archived from [the original](http://www.ntu.ac.uk/apps/Profiles/72075-1-4/Professor_Perri_6.aspx) on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2008-05-09.

1. ["Microsoft Word - P6 Entitlement cards paper for OIC v7.doc"](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). Archived from [the original](http://www.ico.gov.uk/upload/documents/library/corporate/detailed_specialist_guides/id_cards_-_ico_response_to_government_consultation_paper_-_annex_b.pdf) on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-05-12.

1. ["Demos | Perri 6| Profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090430154558/http://www.demos.co.uk/people/perri6). Archived from [the original](http://www.demos.co.uk/people/perri6) on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2010-02-04. [click "publications"]

1. 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*. **14**: 103–138. [Oxford, United Kingdom](/source/Oxford): [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). [doi:10.1093/jopart/muh006](https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muh006)

1. 6, Perri (1994). "Nonprofits for Hire: the Welfare State in the Age of Contracting". *Social Policy and Society*. **23** (2): 296–297. [Cambridge, United Kingdom](/source/Cambridge): [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press) and [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University). [doi:10.1017/s0047279400021826](https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047279400021826). [S2CID 144109271](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:144109271)

1. 6, Perri (2004). "New Labour's modernization in the public sector: a neo-Durkheimian approach and the case of mental health services". *[Public Administration](/source/Public_Administration_(journal))*. **82**: 83–108. Blackwell Publishing. [doi:10.1111/j.0033-3298.2004.00384.x](https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0033-3298.2004.00384.x)

1. ["Perri 6"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230328115628/https://www.qmul.ac.uk/busman/staff/academic/profiles/6p.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/busman/staff/academic/profiles/6p.html) on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

1. ["New Academicians"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150508021402/https://www.acss.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1308-AcademyOfSocialSciencesBulletinLAteSummer2013.pdf). *Electronic Bulletin*. Academy of Social Sciences. August 2013. Archived from [the original](https://www.acss.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1308-AcademyOfSocialSciencesBulletinLAteSummer2013.pdf) on 8 May 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

## External links

- [Perri 6's profile page](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/busman/staff/academic/profiles/6p.html) at Queen Mary University of London

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