Books – Ah books – If only students would read them!
My top five books with sociological content
At some point I will do a detailed analysis of why these books are in my top five – but for the most part it’s because they are typically based on rigorous research and move theoretical debates forward. At some later point in time I will sort these by topic and add more in.
- Klein, N. (2008) The Shock Doctrine. London: Penguin (reprint edition).
- Harvey D. (1991) The Condition of Postmodernity: An enquiry into the conditions of social change. Wiley- Blackwell.
- Collier, P. (2007) The Bottom Billion – Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Chomsky, N. (2004) Hegemony or Survival: America’s quest for global dominance. London: Penguin Books.
- Wilkinson, R and Pickett, K. (2009) The spirit level – Why more equal societies almost always do better. London: Penguin books.
And some other good ones I’ve read over the years… in alphabetical order by author….
Banyard, K. (2010) The equality illusion : The truth about men and women today. London: Faber and Faber.
Bauman, Z. (2000) Liquid Modernity. London: Polity Press.
Dowden, R. (2008) Africa: Altered states, ordinary miracles. London: Portobello books.
Furedi, F. (2005) Culture of Fear. Continuum international publishing group Ltd (Revised edition).
Giddens, G. (1999) Runaway World: How globalisation is reshaping our lives. London: Profile books.
Goldacre, B. (2008) Bad Science. London: Harper Collins.
Harvey D. (2004) The New Imperialism. Oxford: Oxford university press.
Heale, J. (2008) One Blood: Inside Britain’s new street gangs. Simon & Schuster Ltd; First edition First Printing edition.
Levitt, S and Dubner, S. (2005) Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything. London: London: Penguin books.
Monbiot, G. (2000) Captive State: The corporate takeover of Britain. London: Macmillan.
Stiglitz, J. (2002) Globalisation and its discontents. London: Penguin
Toynbee, P and Walker D. (2008) Unjust Rewards: Exposing greed and inequality in Britain today. London: Granta Publications.
Venkatesh, S. (2008) Gang leader for a day: A rouge sociologist crosses the line. London: Penguin books.