{"title":"Jonathan Joseph","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"entertaining-at-the-white-house-with-nancy-reagan-book-jonathan-joseph-9780061350122","title":"Entertaining at the White House with Nancy Reagan","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy is entertaining at the White House important to a presidency? How are guest lists and seating charts for state dinners determined? Is it difficult to throw a surprise party for the commander-in-chief? What role do children play during holidays at the White House? Former first lady Nancy Reagan answers these questions and more as she provides a personal look at life as a White House hostess in this stunning, richly illustrated book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarrying on a tradition that dates back to 1801, Mrs. Reagan embraced this role with a unique energy and joie de vivre rare among her predecessors. During the course of President Reagan's two terms in office, the Reagans hosted fifty-five state dinners and hundreds of other events, both intimate and grand. It was a vital part of our roles as president and first lady, recalls Mrs. Reagan. And it was a duty that we enjoyed immensely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom her first private event as a White House hostess (President Reagan's surprise seventieth birthday party, which was mistakenly announced by Tom Brokaw on the\u0026gt;\u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e show that very morning), to the state dinner with Mikhail Gorbachev that marked the unofficial end of the Cold War, to John Travolta's surprise dance with Diana, Princess of Wales, Mrs. Reagan has seen it all. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49724206776593,"sku":"CIN0061350125G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343130169617,"sku":"CIN0061350125A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50886696632593,"sku":"GOR006944484","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50953242050833,"sku":"CIN0061350125VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0061350125.jpg?v=1751438076"},{"product_id":"social-theory-book-jonathan-joseph-9780814742778","title":"Social Theory","description":"This introduction to social theory addresses key issues in sociological, political, and cultural analysis through the unifying theme of social conflict, cohesion, and consent. Structured around the major theorists in the field, Joseph examines such thinkers as Marx and Engels, Gramsci, Durkheim, Parsons, Weber, The Frankfurt School, and Foucault. Through their ideas, core social concepts and key features of modern society are introduced, including structure and agency, ideology, discourse and legitimation, the state, the economy, and civil society. Dealing with both contemporary social debates and established theoretical approaches, Social Theory serves as a uniquely useful introduction for both politics and sociology students.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51008262865169,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51008266830097,"sku":"NIN9780814742778","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52121824559377,"sku":"NLS9780814742778","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0814742777.jpg?v=1750915181"},{"product_id":"social-theory-book-jonathan-joseph-9780748617920","title":"Social Theory","description":"This textbook introduction to Social Theory is unique in addressing key issues in sociological, political and cultural analysis through an examination of modern theories of social conflict, cohesion and consent.  Chapters are structured to cover the major thinkers - Marx and Engels, Gramsci, Durkheim, Parsons, Weber, the Frankfurt School (Adorno, Horkheimer, Marcuse and Habermas) and Foucault - and offer a useful and accessible introduction to the main ideas of these important and widely studied theorists. Through the unifying theme of conflict, cohesion and consent the reader is introduced to core social concepts such as structure and agency, ideology, discourse and legitimation, and to key features of modern society such as the state, economy and civil society.  Dealing with both contemporary social debates and established theoretical approaches, this book is ideal for both Politics and Sociology students. Key Features: * Author writes with great clarity, making the text accessible to undergraduates * Unique in addressing key issues in sociology, politics and cultural studies through examination of modern social theories of conflict, cohesion and consent * Chapters organised around the core thinkers: Marx, Engels, Gramsci, Durkheim, Weber, the Frankfurt School, and Foucault * Introduces students to key social concepts of structure, agency, discourse, legitimation, power, communication, functionalism and hegemony","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51248245408017,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51248247472401,"sku":"GOR002539240","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0748617922.jpg?v=1768560667"},{"product_id":"social-theory-a-reader-book-jonathan-joseph-9780748619498","title":"Social Theory: A Reader","description":"Covering a wide area of political sociology and social and political theory, this Reader offers a selection of extracts incorporating both primary and secondary readings. As well as a general introduction to the concept of social theory, each section is prefaced by an introduction to the relevant theorist(s) and each reading is accompanied by a short explanatory introduction. Including a broad range of texts, the book offers a general introduction to the main writings of political sociology and social theory.  While other texts tend to focus either on either traditional or contemporary figures, this Reader is unique in tracing a connecting strand from the work of Marx, Weber and Durkheim to more contemporary social theorists.  And by focusing on the theories of social conflict, cohesion and consent it also acts as a guide to issues in sociological, political and cultural analysis. Includes sections on: *Marx and Engels *Gramsci *Durkheim and Parsons *Weber *The Frankfurt School (Adorno and Horkheimer; Marcuse; Habermas) *Foucault Introduces core social concepts and key features of modern society: *Structure and Agency *Ideology *Discourse and Legitimation *The State *Economy *Civil Society Key Features *Covers the main social thinkers and the most important concepts *Focues on how writers contribute to our understanding of social conflict, cohesion and consent *Substantial introductions to each part place the readings in context","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51254962258193,"sku":"GOR010005310","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0748619496.jpg?v=1768563159"},{"product_id":"marxism-and-social-theory-book-jonathan-joseph-9781403915641","title":"Marxism and Social Theory","description":"This text offers a concise introduction to Marxism's main ideas and debates in a way that is easily accessible for the reader new to this substantial subject. It first assesses the key thinkers before exploring a number of debates and recent developments in Marxist thought, showing how Marxist thought continues to evolve.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51692246204689,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51692246335761,"sku":"GOR006707538","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52673743618321,"sku":"NLS9781403915641","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1403915644.jpg?v=1759231889"},{"product_id":"hegemony-book-jonathan-joseph-9780415436687","title":"Hegemony","description":"This book provides a new and original approach to the concept of hegemony. This book employs critical realist philosophy in an explanatory way to help clarify the concept of hegemony and its relation to societal processes.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52128155304209,"sku":"NLS9780415436687","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53378762211601,"sku":"NIN9780415436687","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780415436687.jpg?v=1757489661"},{"product_id":"wellbeing-resilience-and-sustainability-book-jonathan-joseph-9783030323066","title":"Wellbeing, Resilience and Sustainability","description":"Wellbeing, resilience and sustainability are three of the most popular ideas in current usage and are said to represent a much-needed paradigm shift in political and policy thinking.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52131901636881,"sku":"NLS9783030323066","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9783030323066.jpg?v=1757513511"},{"product_id":"realism-discourse-and-deconstruction-book-jonathan-joseph-9780415436861","title":"Realism Discourse and Deconstruction","description":"This collection reflects the growing interest realist critics have shown towards forms of discourse theory and deconstruction. The diverse range of contributions address such issues as the work of Derrida and deconstruction, discourse theory, Eurocentrism and poststructuralism. What unites all of the contributions is a sense that it is essential to provide a realist alternative to the hitherto dominance of social constructionism, hermeneutics and postmodernism, over many of the issues discussed.By developing a realist perspective the different authors attempt to embed discourse within the structured nature of the reality of the world.  Realism can situate language, discourse and ideology within context specific, or 'causally efficacious' circumstances. Realism can help to uncover issues of power, representation, and subjectivity and how discursive and other social practices produce real effects.  This can help us understand the manner in which (non-discursive) social structures are reproduced through various forms of ideology and discourse.  And by knowing this, we can start to address questions concerning human emancipation and how the world is to be transformed.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52143192834321,"sku":"NLS9780415436861","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780415436861.jpg?v=1757583391"},{"product_id":"hegemony-book-jonathan-joseph-9780415268363","title":"Hegemony","description":"This book provides a new and original approach to the concept of hegemony. This book employs critical realist philosophy in an explanatory way to help clarify the concept of hegemony and its relation to societal processes.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52430111080721,"sku":"NLS9780415268363","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53081583223057,"sku":"NIN9780415268363","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780415268363.jpg?v=1759168800"},{"product_id":"realism-discourse-and-deconstruction-book-jonathan-joseph-9780415322638","title":"Realism Discourse and Deconstruction","description":"Theories of discourse bring to realism new ideas about how knowledge develops and how representations of reality are influenced. We gain an understanding of the conceptual aspect of social life and the processes by which meaning is produced. This collection reflects the growing interest  realist critics have shown towards forms of discourse theory and deconstruction. The diverse range of contributions address such issues as the work of Derrida and deconstruction, discourse theory, Eurocentrism and poststructuralism. What unites all of the contributions is a sense that it is essential to provide a realist alternative to the hitherto dominance of social constructionism, hermeneutics and postmodernism,  over many of the issues discussed. By developing a realist perspective the different authors attempt to embed discourse  within the structured nature of the reality of the world. Realism can situate language, discourse and ideology within context specific, or 'causally efficacious' circumstances. Realism can help to uncover issues of power, representation, and subjectivity and how discursive and other social practices produce real effects. This can help us understand the manner in which (non-discursive) social structures are reproduced through various forms of ideology and discourse. And by knowing this, we can start to address questions concerning human emancipation and how the world is to be transformed.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52485804687633,"sku":"NLS9780415322638","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53034970153233,"sku":"NIN9780415322638","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780415322638.jpg?v=1759858228"},{"product_id":"social-in-the-global-book-jonathan-joseph-9781107022904","title":"The Social in the Global","description":"How do influential social ideas contribute to global governance? This book takes an original approach to international relations by looking at the way social ideas help to portray the world in a particular way. Jonathan Joseph begins by analysing the role of important concepts such as globalisation, global civil society, social capital, networks and risk; then examines the role these concepts play in the discourse of international organisations. Using the concept of governmentality, he argues that contemporary social theories help justify contemporary forms of governance. By comparing organisations like the EU and the World Bank, Joseph investigates the extent to which these ideas are influential in theory and in practice.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52590013972753,"sku":"NLS9781107022904","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781107022904.jpg?v=1761061214"},{"product_id":"social-theory-book-jonathan-joseph-9780814742761","title":"Social Theory","description":"This introduction to social theory addresses key issues in sociological, political, and cultural analysis through the unifying theme of social conflict, cohesion, and consent. Structured around the major theorists in the field, Joseph examines such thinkers as Marx and Engels, Gramsci, Durkheim, Parsons, Weber, The Frankfurt School, and Foucault. Through their ideas, core social concepts and key features of modern society are introduced, including structure and agency, ideology, discourse and legitimation, the state, the economy, and civil society. Dealing with both contemporary social debates and established theoretical approaches, Social Theory serves as a uniquely useful introduction for both politics and sociology students.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52654753906961,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52654754267409,"sku":"NLS9780814742761","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780814742761.jpg?v=1762217365"},{"product_id":"social-in-the-global-book-jonathan-joseph-9781107416703","title":"The Social in the Global","description":"How do influential social ideas contribute to global governance? This book takes an original approach to international relations by looking at the way social ideas help to portray the world in a particular way. Jonathan Joseph begins by analysing the role of important concepts such as globalisation, global civil society, social capital, networks and risk; then examines the role these concepts play in the discourse of international organisations. Using the concept of governmentality, he argues that contemporary social theories help justify contemporary forms of governance. By comparing organisations like the EU and the World Bank, Joseph investigates the extent to which these ideas are influential in theory and in practice.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52665103155473,"sku":"NLS9781107416703","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53611097751825,"sku":"NIN9781107416703","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781107416703.jpg?v=1762276414"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-jonathan-joseph.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}