1. Bauman, Z. Thinking Sociologically, Oxford, Blackwell, 1990. A readable collection of essays from a leading sociologist using everyday examples to illustrate what it means to think sociologically.
2. Bourdieu, P. Sociology in Question, London, Sage, 1993. A collection of interviews, talks and question and answer sessions exploring some central issues in sociology.
3. Giddens, A. Sociology: A Brief but Critical Introduction, 2nd edn, Basingstoke, Macmillan, 1986. An accessible introduction to the origins of sociology and some of its key themes.
4. Mills, C. The Sociological Imagination, London, Penguin, 1959. One of the classic statements of sociology’s quest to link the individual and the social.