J T Houghton

Biographic Data

ID2525328
NAMEJ T Houghton
GIVEN NAMESJ T
FAMILY NAMEHoughton
SIGNATUREHOUGHTON J T
AFFILIATIONSORCID
ORCID0000-0001-5802-4759
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS9
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1979
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX1

  • The Egyptian Navy of Muhammad Ali Pasha

    J T HoughtonARTICLEThe Mariner s Mirror2019References: 1

    Muhammad Ali (Mehmed Ali in Turkish) ruled Egypt as Ottoman governor from 1805 to 1848. Defeating all internal opposition, he initiated a series of changes to Egyptian society and the economy that vastly increased his revenue and thereby enabled him to create an army of 140,000 men and a navy which matched that of the United States in size. This article describes the development of that navy and its infrastructure within the context of Muhammad A…

  • Economic implications of alternative publishing models: Authors' response

    Open AccessJohn Houghton, J T Houghton et al.ARTICLEPrometheus2010

  • Jigsaw cities: Big places, small spaces

    Open AccessAnne Power, Anne Marie Power et al.BOOKJigsaw Cities2007

  • The science of global warming

    J T HoughtonARTICLEInterdisciplinary Science Reviews2001

    There is strong scientific evidence that the average temperature of the earth's surface is rising as a result of the increased concentration of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere owing to human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels, coal, oil, and gas. This global warming will lead to substantial changes of climate, many of which will impact human communities in deleterious ways. In terms of the likely global…

  • The wheel turns for policing and local government

    John Houghton, J T HoughtonARTICLELocal Government Studies2000References: 3

    The article examines the impact of two main forces, localism and centralism, together with their interaction within a common law legal system, which have influenced professional policing since its inception after 1829. In particular, it assesses the ways these forces have conflicted and in doing so created a police service which although closely related to local government subsequently drifted apart. Now, through the ‘partnership approach’, devel…

  • Business power in Australia: The concentration of company directorship holding among the top 250 corporates

    Malcolm Alexander, Georgina Murray et al.ARTICLEAustralian Journal of Political…1994Cited by: 8References: 15

    This paper presents results from a comparative study of company directors of the top 250 Australian companies. The paper analyses the concentration of directorship holding in Australia and New Zealand in 1991 and compares this with other Australian, New Zealand, British, Canadian and American studies. The paper argues that while the density of interorganisational interlocks in Australia is quite normal by international standards, such comparisons…

  • Self-Employment and the Petty Bourgeoisie: Comment on Steinmetz and Wright

    Marc Linder, John Houghton et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1990Cited by: 1

  • The Global Climate

    B W Atkinson, J T HoughtonARTICLETransactions of the Institute of…1986

  • Contemporary Sociological Theory

    John Houghton, J T HoughtonREVIEWContemporary Sociology A Journal…1980

  • Behaviourism and the Limits of Scientific Method

    John Houghton, J T Houghton et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1979

  • The Evolution of Social System

    John Houghton, J T Houghton et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1979