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Gender Issues and AD/HD: Research, Diagnosis, andTreatment, edited by Patricia Quinn, M.D. and Kathleen Nadeau, Ph.D.,is the first clinical guide to diagnosis and treatment of women withAD/HD.Bringing together many highly regarded specialists in AD/HD– both researchers and clinicians – Drs. Nadeau and Quinn haveorganized an in-depth resource for clinicians.Several importanttopics unique to women are addressed that have received littleattention elsewhere, including the need to rethink DSM-IV diagnosticcriteria, the impact of hormones upon AD/HD in women, the use ofmedications during pregnancy, and the range of coexisting conditionsthat complicate and often mask AD/HD in women.A structured AD/HDSelf-Assessment Symptom Inventory for women, the SASI, is introducedin this volume as a tool to help clinicians consider important genderrelated issues during the diagnostic process. This volume will be aninvaluable resource for clinicians who seek to accurately diagnose andeffectively treat women with AD/HD. ... Read more

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Valuable information from two top experts
You cannot go wrong with any book by Drs. Nadeau and Quinn, including this one.It is primarily an in-depth guide for clinicians who treat women with ADHD. But, in my experience, clinicians' guides often provide the most helpful books to read before you begin the search for an ADHD specialist. Once you know the recommended protocols, such guides provide a benchmark by which to judge a potential therapist's or doctor's expertise.

Quinn and Nadeau are highly respected pioneers in the detection and treatment of ADHD in women and girls.And if you've found that most healthcare professionals are undereducated on ADHD in general, wait until you learn how little they know about the unique angle gender takes.ADHD not only might manifest differently in females, but there are also other psychological and physical issues, such as hormonal cycles and pregnancy, to consider. And this information is found literally nowhere else.

I also recommend their other books on this subject, including "Understanding Women with ADHD," "Understanding Girls with ADHD," and "When Moms and Kids have ADD."

That said, their expert knowledge extends well beyond female ADHD into all aspects in both genders and throughout the lifespan. Together or individually, they have contributed many helpful standouts to the ADHD library and are popular speakers at national conferences.

Gina Pera, author
Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.? Stoppingthe Roller Coaster When Someone You Love Has Attention Deficit Disorder
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Comprehensive resource on AD/HD in women
This is a MUST READ for anyone searching for more information on how AD/HD manifests itself in girls and women. This would be an excellent resource for medical doctors to help make them aware that AD/HD in girls and women IS real and not just "in their heads."

Great AD/HD Resource
This is a great resource forprofessionals who treat and work with females with AD/HD, females with AD/HD, and parents of females with AD/HD. Though the book may be intended for professionals, the setup of the book is very ADD Friendly and the language is easy to understand.

I think reading this book will be very benefical to women with AD/HD and family members of females with AD/HD. It may put females ahead of the game when they seek treatment for AD/HD. It may give them a better idea of whether the professional who is treating them acutally understands AD/HD.

Females who are currently in treatment for AD/HD should consider asking the professional treating her if he or she has read this book. If the answer if no it may be in her best interest to suggest that he or she does. ... Read more

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• How is gender constructed in the media?
• To what extent do portrayals of gender influence everyday perceptions of ourselves and our actions?
• In what ways do the media reinforce and sometimes challenge gender inequalities?

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Through a collection of essays by leading scholars on women's history and gender history, Gender and Change: Agency, Chronology and Periodisation questions conventional chronologies while reassessing the relationship between gender, agency, continuity and change.

• Celebrates 20 years of the publication of the journal Gender & History
• Reflects the extent to which gender analysis suggests alternatives to conventional periodisation. For example, whether the European Renaissance can be classified as the same period of great cultural advance when viewed from the perspective of women
• Offers innovative historiographical and theoretical reflection on approaches to gender, agency, and change

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war has been good for US gender rights
The book shows the persistence of gender based stereotypes across many nations. The oneness is the similarity of these, where invariably women are associated with and often confined to family nurturing roles, with few alternatives for formal employment in a workforce.

There is an interesting discussion of women in the military; not confined to the United States. The authors point out that there has been a long history of women being in the armed forces; though often relegated to subsidiary roles. The narrative looks at how the use of a military, including in the "global war on terror", might have been used to reinforce traditional roles.

Ironically, there seems no airing of how at least in the US, the last 8 years of war helped vastly expand female participation in the US armed forces, and in the acceptance of this by an overwhelmingly male officer corp. Plus, more generally, in the acceptance by the US electorate. In this respect, this war will have proved pivotal in expanding female civil rights in the military. ... Read more

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The second edition of Jill Steans' successful and highly respected book offers a comprehensive overview of feminist scholarship and feminist contributions to international relations, and provides an in-depth discussion of how feminist IR has sought to re-think key concepts and central areas of concern in the field.


Its ten chapters cover core topics, such as feminist theories; international relations theory; gender in the theory and practice of 'state-making'; feminist perspectives on war and peace; feminist approaches to security; the gender dimension of international political economy; gender and the politics of development; and women's human rights as both a 'universal project' and a political tool. The book also discusses some of the key debates and exchanges that have taken place between feminist IR scholars and those located both in the 'mainstream' of IR and the newly constructed 'middle ground' of IR. It concludes by exploring the affinities between feminist IR and other 'critical' theories of IR and identifies new research trajectories and potentially productive lines of future theoretical inquiry in the discipline.


The book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of international relations. It will also be useful to the general reader interested in exploring the complexities of thinking about gender issues and feminism in a global context. ... Read more

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This book is helpful for people that are looking for good information about the theme "Gender and International Relations". It is easy to read and its structure is simple. From my view, its is helpful for beginners as well as for people with experience in the field of IR and Gender - or the to combined. ... Read more

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Women and Men: New Perspectives on Gender Differences presents data from the biological and social sciences that describe the state of research findings and contribute to our current understanding of gender differences, their range and extent, and how they are influenced and created by social, cultural, and biological factors. Ten contributors from the diverse fields of anthropology, economics, education, endocrinology, neurophysiology, psychiatry, and womenÂs studies come together to explore research on gender differences from a variety of perspectives. ... Read more

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In "Must Science Advance Inequality?", Sandra Harding makes the provocative argument that the philosophy and practices of today's Western science, contrary to its enlightenment mission, work to insure that more science will only worsen existing gaps between the best and worst off around the world. She defends this claim by exposing the ways that hierarchical social formations in modern Western sciences encode antidemocratic principles and practices, particularly in terms of their services to militarism, the impoverishment and alienation of labour, Western expansion, and environmental destruction.The essays in this collection - drawing on feminist, multicultural, and postcolonial studies - propose ways to re-conceptualize the sciences in the global social order. At issue here are not only social justice and environmental issues but also the accuracy and comprehensiveness of our understandings of natural and social worlds. The inadvertent complicity of the sciences with antidemocratic projects obscures natural and social realities and thus blocks the growth of scientific knowledge.Scientists, policy makers, social justice movements and the consumers of scientific products (that is, the rest of us) can work together and separately to improve this situation. ... Read more

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Women, Gender and Disaster: Global Issues and Initiatives examines gender within the context of disaster risk management. It argues for gender mainstreaming as an effective strategy towards achieving disaster risk reduction and mitigating post-disaster gender disparity. Highlighting that gender inequalities pervade all aspects of life, it analyses the failure to implement inclusive and gender-sensitive approaches to relief and rehabilitation work. While examining positive strategies for change, the collection focuses on women s knowledge, capabilities, leadership and experience in community resource management. The authors emphasize that these strengths in women, which are required for building resilience to hazards and disasters, are frequently overlooked. This timely book will be extremely useful to policy makers and professionals active in the field of disaster management and to academics and students in gender studies, social work, environmental studies and development studies. ... Read more

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This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in gender studies. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading sociologists and social commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. "Taking Sides" actively develops critical thinking skills by requiring students to analyze opposing viewpoints and reach considered judgments. ... Read more

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Issues in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class is now available through CourseSmart. Request an online exam copy today.   

• The Obama Presidency: Can Barack Obama deliver the change he promises?
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These are just a few of the provocative questions contested in Issues in Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class. This engaging reader allows students to see an issue from all sides and to think critically about topics that matter to them. Classroom discussion will never be dull again!

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This text provides perspectives on the way in which gender plays a role in leadership dynamics and ethics within organisations. It seeks to offer new theoretical models for thinking about leadership and organisational influence. Most studies of women’s leadership draw on an ethics of care as characteristic of the way women lead, but as such, it tends towards essentialist gender stereotypes and does little to explain the complex systemic variables that influence the functioning of women within organisations. This book moves beyond the canon in exploring alternative paradigms for thinking about leadership and gender in organizations. The authors draw on the literature available in systems thinking, systemic leadership, and gender theory to offer alternative perspectives for thinking about the ways women lead.

The book offers invaluable theoretical perspectives and insightful narratives to graduate students and researchers who are interested in women’s leadership, gender and organisation. It will be of interest to all women in leadership positions, but specifically to those interested in understanding the systemic nature of leadership and their role within it.

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This work first defines sexual harassment, including operational, sociological and legal definitions, and then provides a history of the issue in the United States and a theoretical framework of why harassment occurs. This is followed by a look at the legal dimension of the problem, with a discussion of pertinent federal and state laws and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) decisions. The incidence and settings (e.g., workplace, housing, religious institutions) are next examined, followed by chapters on sexual harassment in the government, the military, and in education. The book concludes with discussions of strategies for the victims and for employers. ... Read more

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A poll as recently as 2000 revealed that one third of the population thinks 'there are general characteristics about women that make them less qualified to serve as president'. As the public and the media rely on long-held stereotypes, female candidates must focus even harder on the waythey want to define their own image through traditional mass media, such as television, and new forms, such as the internet. VideoStyle, Webstyle, NewStyle digs deep into the campaigns of the last decade sifting through thousands of ads, websites, and newspaper articles to find out how successful candidates have been in breaking down these gender stereotypes. Among their findings are that female candidates dress more formally, smile more, act 'tougher' when they can, and prefer scare tactics to aggressive attack ads. This book also presents the most comprehensive, systematic method yet for identifying and understanding self-presentation strategies on the web. The internet may be the medium of the future, but Bystrom has found that coverage on the web tends to draw evenmore heavily on old stereotypes. No close observer of campaigns, gender, or the internet will be able to ignore their fi ... Read more

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Great mix of research and insight
Drawing upon their personal research, the authors combine their findings with great insight to elaborate on the role of women in politics. Many different levels and types of political contests are discussed and the emerging role of the Internet and candidate Web sites as a political tool is extremely interesting. A great book for anyone interested in a women's role in our political system and how they are viewed by voters. ... Read more

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The volume brings together a stellar group of contributors who examine the social capital thesis by means of four different approaches: theoretical, historical, comparative, and empirical. In the end, this book will serve to answer two fundamental questions which have hitherto been neglected: What can a gendered analysis tell us about social capital? And what can social capital tell us about women and politics? ... Read more