A Natural History of Human Emotions

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Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant

"Sociologist Beauboeuf-Lafontant explores the "sociocultural lore" invoked in imaging the strong black woman. Bypassing familiar literary recreations of the oversacrificial Mammy and the oversexed Jezebel, she attends to the "growing autobiographical and clinical literature by Black women experiencing compulsive overeating and depression." She foregrounds the intersection of race and gender with fresh and thought-provoking insight as she challenges "the racialization of depression as a white illness" and of eating problems as exclusive to the privileged. She interviews 58 black women ranging in age from 19 to 67 about "what strength means to them." While many of her subjects reveal the involvement of familial communities in setting "the standards of stoicism, care, and selflessness that Black women encounter from girlhood through adulthood, at home and at work, among intimates and strangers," one-third were "strength-critical women," proponents of "self-care rather than self-neglect." This book may be too academic in tone to appeal to the popular reader, but one hopes her message will trickle out. (Sept.)"--Publishers Weekly Reviews.

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Stephen D. Brookfield

"Learning to think critically is one of the most significant activities of adult life. When we become critical thinkers we become aware of the assumptions under which we, and others, think and act. ... However, critical thinking has been greatly neglected in the adult educational literature. This book aims to introduce readers to critical thinking. A central theme is the need for people to make connections between their private lives and broader social forces. ..."--Back cover.

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Sheldon D. Rose, Jeffrey L. Edleson

(Publisher-supplied data) A concrete, step-by-step approach for using small groups to treat problem behaviors in children and adolescents. Combines the latest techniques to create an integrated, multimethod approach to help children overcome problems such as low self-esteem, stress, depression, poor study habits, and drug abuse.

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Nils-Göran Olve, Jan Roy and Magnus Wetter

In this book, the authors draw on their extensive experience with scorecard projects to provide a step-by-step method for introducing the Balanced Scorecard into an organization. This is done through the use of some of the most important practical examples in existence, with case studies from ABB, Coca Cola, Electrolux, British Telecom, Nat West, Skandia and Volvo. The desired strategic control system using scorecards that is presented focuses on creating and communicating a total comprehensive picture to all members of the organization from the top down, a long-term view of what the company's strategic objectives really are, how to make use of knowledge gained through experience and the required flexibility of such a system to cope with the fast-changing business environment. This book will provide senior and operational managers, consultants and business academics with a comprehensive view of emerging Balanced Scorecard practice supported by both business advice and a theoretical foundation.