Widely regarded as the definitive clinical reference and text in the field, this authoritative volume presents effective cognitive-behavioral approaches for treating frequently encountered child and adolescent disorders. The editor and contributors are leading experts who provid…
Rumors, anxiety, violence -- Sinophobia and excess -- The spectral figure of the Chinese -- Metaphors and immanent tensions -- Corporeal.
This is a compelling analysis of how women in the United States perceive the threat of crime in their everyday lives and how that perception controls their behavior. Esther Madriz draws on focus groups and in-depth interviews to show the damage that fear can wreak on women of di…
This is a compelling analysis of how women in the United States perceive the threat of crime in their everyday lives and how that perception controls their behavior. Esther Madriz draws on focus groups and in-depth interviews to show the damage that fear can wreak on women of di…
The politics of anxiety
Introduction : politics of anxiety / Emmy Eklundh, Emmanuel-Pierre Guittet and Andreja Zevnik -- For want of not : Lacan's conception of anxiety / J. Peter Burgess -- When does repression become political? / Henrique Tavares Furtado -- Anxiety, trauma, resilience / Mark Neocleou…
The politics of anxiety
From the threats posed by austerity and the fears around global migration to the unsettled notion of resistance, our political world is permeated with anxieties. But what does this mean for our everyday lived political experience? Do governments provoke or encourage a sense of a…
Examines the beliefs, attitudes, values and emotions of students in Years 5 to 8 (aged 10 to 14 years) about mathematics and mathematics education. Based on a number of empirical studies, including an enquiry undertaken with 45 children in Years 5 and 6 in one school; a large-sc…
"In Figures de l'épouvante grecques de l'antiquité au présent, Maria Patera examines an unfamiliar aspect of the Greek pedagogy of fear, illustrated by narratives about four Greek terrifying figures: Lamia, Mormô, Gellô and Empousa. These female bogeys belong to the children's w…