Peter Palmer Ekeh
Peter Palmer Ekeh (* 1937 ) is a Nigerian sociologist who teaches as a professor of African-American studies at the University of Buffalo and who became internationally known for his contributions to sociological exchange theory .
Ekeh received his bachelor's degree from the University of London in 1964 , his master's degree from Stanford University in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1970 from the University of California at Berkeley. PhD . Since 1989 he has been a professor at Buffalo University.
His contribution to the sociological exchange theory is characterized by the emphasis on collective exchange over individual exchange (between two actors). After that, each individual provides services to everyone, and over time also receives some from everyone. Ekeh refuses to make the two-person exchange model the basis of sociological analysis.
Web links
- Profile of Peter P. Ekeh (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Presented in his main sociological work Social Exchange Theory: The Two Traditions . Cambridge, Massachusetts 1974
- ↑ See Lars Clausen : 1978: Exchange. Drafts for a sociological theory , Munich 1978, p. 123 f.
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| SURNAME | Ekeh, Peter Palmer |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ekeh, Peter P .; Ekeh, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nigerian sociologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1937 |