Introductory Readings

T. Bilton et al, Introductory sociology, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1996

A. Giddens & K. Birdsall, Sociology, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2001

A. Giddens, Sociology: a brief but critical introduction, Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1986.

J. Macionis & K. Plummer, Sociology: a global introduction, New York: Prentice Hall, 1998

G. Marshall ed., A Dictionary of Sociology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998

C. Wright Mills, The sociological imagination,  Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970

A. Giddens, Capitalism and modern social theory, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971

D. McLellan, The thought of Karl Marx:  an introduction,  London : Papermac, 1995

A. Giddens, Durkheim,  London:  Fontana, 1978

S. Lukes,  Émile Durkheim, his life and work:  a historical and critical study,  Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1992

D.  Käsler,  Max Weber:  an introduction to his life and work,  Cambridge:  Polity, 1988

F.  Parkin,  Max Weber, Chichester:  Ellis Horwood, 1982

Reading Packs

Reading packs for courses are available online (VLE) or can be purchased as a reading pack at the start of each term.