Reproductive Rights in Practice: A Feminist Report on the Quality of Care

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To what extent are women and men's reproductive rights respected around the world? Has family planning come to mean little more than population control?

This book contains unique information on the provision of family planning in eight countries from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. It looks at each country's family planning programme and the extent to which that programme makes women instruments of demographic population policy. The authors appraise the the quality of care and adherence to reproductive rights in different family planning settings for each country. While the picture they present is disturbing and often surprising, the authors provide recommendations for change to empower women and men in a wide variety of cultures.

Family, Population and Development in Africa

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Family, Population and Development in Africa

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This book investigates the challenges currently facing the African family. A series of external factors - social, political, economic, environmental - are impacting severely on the way the family functions, evolves, sustains itself and adjusts to these forces.

The contributors to this book explore the nature of available data on which current policies are premised. Throughout, they make clear the importance of the family to the development process, and call on development strategists to see the family as a dynamic source of change as much as a recipient of it.

Female Autonomy, Family Decision Making, and Demographic Behavior in Africa (Studies in African Economic and Social Development)

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Female Autonomy, Family Decision Making, and Demographic Behavior in Africa (Studies in African Economic and Social Development)
Yaw Oheneba-Sakyi , and Kofi Awusabo-Asare
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Fertility Decline in Developing Countries, 1960-1997: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Geography)

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Fertility Decline in Developing Countries, 1960-1997: An Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Geography)
Samuel Agyei-Mensah
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With the emergence of fertility declines in the greater part of the developing world, study of the phenomenon has increased profoundly over the last three decades, and a voluminous amount of literature has emerged. Yet our knowledge of the decline is scattered in numerous publications, making sources difficult to find. This bibliography provides a guide to the literature on fertility decline in Latin America, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. It will be an invaluable asset for population experts and students wishing to do research on fertility decline. Covering the literature from 1960 to 1997, the book draws on extensive sources including books, articles in leading population journals, research papers, and dissertations. The opening chapter covers the literature on theories and concepts underlying fertility decline. The next three chapters are devoted to the major geographical areas--Latin America, Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa--and the final chapter looks at general literature on fertility declines in developing countries.

Gender, Work & Population in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Gender, Work & Population in Sub-Saharan Africa

Manufacturer: James Currey
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Population Politics and Development: From the Policies to the Clinics

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Population Politics and Development: From the Policies to the Clinics
Lisa Ann Richey
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This book uses political and socio-anthropological theory to examine the relationship between power, interest, and agency within population and family planning discourse across Africa, with particular emphasis on case studies from Tanzania.

Horn of Africa: Family, population, and development (Working papers / Population Research Institute)

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Horn of Africa: Family, population, and development (Working papers / Population Research Institute)
Mohamed Jaber
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Report on the regional course on strategy development and management of population and family life education: Held at the UNFPA Regional Population IEC ... Anglophone Africa, May 27 to July 5, 1996

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Report on the regional course on strategy development and management of population and family life education: Held at the UNFPA Regional Population IEC ... Anglophone Africa, May 27 to July 5, 1996
S. A Hau
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Women's resource control and demand for children in Africa (Population and Development Program working papers series)

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Women's resource control and demand for children in Africa (Population and Development Program working papers series)
Mary M Kritz
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Great advice for advancing your career.......2004-04-30

In today's policy environment, a large part of the analyst's job is selling their ideas and analysis. Too often I've seen bad ideas and analysis win over good ideas just because the bad ideas had better marketing. This book helps you learn to present yourself and your ideas in a more persuasive fashion especially to decisionmakers who don't have the time and/or attention span to really understand an issue.

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From assessing the client's need for entertainment at an event to hiring the talent to the nuts and bolts production of the entertainment, The Complete Guide to Event Entertainment and Production provides the event planner with the tools they need to efficiently produce and manage the entertainment aspect of an event.

Popular TV chef to heat up city food, wine event.(Entertainment): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press

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Popular TV chef to heat up city food, wine event.(Entertainment): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
Gale Reference Team
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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Release Date: 2007-10-12

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***UW-Milwaukee Course Text*** - Great Read

Opened my eyes

On Hapiness & Success: Good Business

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Finding Flow at Work

Good Business: Leadership. Flow, and the Making of Meaning
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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In psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's definition of leadership, the personal is political. The best-selling author of Flow interviewed several dozen exemplary CEOs whose wisdom provides the radical job description of the book's premise: "Leaders must make it possible for employees to work with joy, to their heart's content, while responding to the needs of society." Csikszentmihalyi leverages his definition of "flow"—-the capacity for full engagement in an activity—-to create a blueprint for a workplace in which bringing out the best in workers comes before products and profit. When leaders select and reward employees who find satisfaction at work, they can create an upwardly moral organization.

In this view, leadership is a privilege that requires checking ego in the coatroom and peering into the mirror to ask tough questions. For example, "How do I determine if something is right or wrong?" Or, "What is my business doing to benefit human well being?" He offers some inspiring stories from leaders who engage employees to go with the flow, including Body Shop CEO Anita Roddick, Patagonia crown prince Yvon Chouinard, and media mogul Ted Turner. Some of Csikszentmihalyi's advice will sound familiar. Yet he creates a compellingly fresh vision of good business in both a material and spiritual sense. Ultimately, the success of this book lies in its powerful, non-flaky ability to define corporate soul in terms of a company becoming a stakeholder in an entity larger than itself.--Barbara Mackoff

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Since Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi published the groundbreaking Flow more than a decade ago, world leaders such as Tony Blair and former President Clinton, and influential sports figures like Super Bowl champion coach Jimmy Johnson have all been inspired by the book. In today's corporate upheaval, a new business paradigm is evolving. While many CEOs are being exposed for their greed, truly visionary leaders believe in a goal that benefits themselves as well as others. They realize that it is their vision and "soul" that attract loyal employees willing to go above and beyond the call of corporate duty. And their employees are realizing the same thing: while 80 percent of adults claim they'd work even if they didn't have to, the majority of them can hardly wait to leave their jobs and get home.

Good Business starts with the premise that this is an age in which business and work have replaced religion and politics as central forces in contemporary life. The book reveals how business leaders, managers, and even employees can find their "flow" and contribute not only to their own happiness, but also to a just and evolving society. It identifies the factors crucial to the operation of a good business: trust, the commitment to fostering the personal growth of employees, and the dedication to creating a product that helps mankind. Good Business is sure to become a must-read text for anyone who values the positive contributions of individuals in the changing world of business.

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***UW-Milwaukee Course Text*** - Great Read.......2007-03-29

Work can and should make you happy. If it doesn't something is wrong, according to the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi in his book Good Business: Leadership, Flow and the Making of Meaning. We spend much of our lives working, and it is not just a waste of time and energy when we do not enjoy it. Our output suffers, which the author argues is bad for society, not just for ourselves. Hungarian-born Csikszentmihalyi wrote the groundbreaking 1990 book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience that brought his research into human behavior to a wider audience. Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association, described Csikszentmihalyi as the world's leading researcher on positive psychology. In 1999, after a long career teaching psychology at the University of Chicago, he began teaching the subject to MBA students at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. He is also the director of the Quality of Life Research Center, a nonprofit institute in Claremont, California. The book centers on the topic of flow. Flow means being so absorbed in an activity that we shut out distractions and worries to devote all our energy to the task at hand. It can occur in work or play, but the focus in this book is on how people can find flow when they work, and how leaders can encourage flow in employees. Flow occurs when there is a balance between high challenges and skills. Flow is unlikely in an activity until we become proficient in it. It's also not static. Without continual challenge, boredom creeps in. "The important factor to keep in mind is that personal growth is contingent on the balance of opportunities for action and the capacities to act that a person encounters at work," he writes. He describes seven other components of flow: clear goals, immediate feedback, deepening concentration, focus on the moment, personal control, a sense of altered time and loss of ego. However, flow by itself is not sufficient for a happy, productive and meaningful life. We must be engaged in a worthy, ethical enterprise, working toward aspirations beyond ourselves and, ideally, with effects beyond our lifetime. Good Business contains snippets of interviews with top executives, such as Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, chosen not only for their success in business, but because of their strong social conscience. Csikszentmihalyi's argument is that business is now our most crucial institution, so it has an obligation to the quality of life not just of its employees, but of society. He also quotes people who find flow in such activities as writing poetry, rock climbing and surgery. Flow is not just for executives, or those with exotic jobs or hobbies. His research shows that flow happens in service workers, such as janitors, or in workers on assembly lines. Finding flow is important, but happiness is the bottom line. Csikszentmihalyi says happiness usually follows fulfilling our potential, which rests on two separate but simultaneous processes. One is differentiation, the recognition of our unique characteristics and our sense of responsibility for survival and well-being. The other is integration: realizing that we are "completely enmeshed in networks of relationships with other human beings, with cultural symbols and artifacts, and with the surrounding natural environment. A person who is fully differentiated and integrated becomes a complex individual -- one who has the best chance at leading a happy, vital, and meaningful life."

Good Business is a good book. But it's not a "how-to" with neatly compartmentalized bullet points and acronyms for success. There aren't simple strategies and steps that can be applied after you're through reading. There aren't quizzes or assessments to rank your or your organization's degree of Flow.

Opened my eyes.......2006-11-23

Haven't finished it yet, but its been great so far. It really broadens your perspective when it comes to achieving happiness in your career. Really changed my view. Definitely a good book to pick up.

On Hapiness & Success: Good Business.......2006-06-29

Hungarian author Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, director of the Quality of Life Research Center (QLRC), and author of such works as: "Beyond Boredom and Anxiety," "Flow: The psychology of optimal experience," "Being Adolescent," "The Evolving Self & Creativity," and "Flow and the Psychology of Discovery & Intervention," can now add another work of art to his collection. "Good Business: Leadership, Flow and the Making of Meaning" is the latest publication by Dr. Csikszentmihalyi. Like many of his works, "Good Business" relies on creativity, innovation, and the development of flow to achieve the bottom line. Through its explosive accounts of interviews by leading business men and women, Csikszentmihalyi presents a strong argument for developing human well-being in the work place. "Good Business" just might change the way workers and business leaders view success.

Average.......2006-06-28

Good Business is a must read if you are traditionalist in the business world, but can be skimmed if you are a modernist. Csikszentmihalyi enhances many modern beliefs in how leaders in organizations should engage in their activities and provides great examples from various CEOs and business leaders. I would give the book 2.5 stars out of 5!

Finding Flow at Work.......2006-06-22

Artists, when describing the act of painting a masterpiece, will often claim that they felt "lost" in their work. Likewise, a basketball player may describe the experience of setting up the winning play as having an altered perception of time, as if twelve seconds actually extended for hours. When we are truly engaged and at the highest states of enjoyment, we experience the freedom of complete absorption in activity. Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi, Professor of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University, first coined the term "flow" in 1975 to describe this experience, and has written several books about the concept including the bestseller Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience in 1990. Through a series of interviews with successful business leaders who combine high achievement with strong moral commitment, Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning explores the connection between flow and work.

Csikszentmihalyi claims that our jobs have a significant influence on the quality of our lives. He explains that happiness is not something that happens to us, but rather is something we make happen. As such, work can be one of the most fulfilling aspects of life, provided that employees have an opportunity to do their best and to contribute to something greater than themselves.

He makes a profound distinction between the concepts of pleasure and enjoyment: pleasure is a conservative force that makes us want to satisfy existing needs and does not foster change, whereas enjoyment is not always pleasant, and can be sometimes stressful. Csikszentmihalyi describes enjoyment as the sensation of being fully alive, triumphing over the forces of entropy and decay. A mountain climber, for example, who is utterly exhausted after an dangerous climb but who wouldn't want to be anywhere else in the world than at the peak of a mountain, perhaps does not experience pleasure, but does experience enjoyment. Likewise, while relaxing in a hammock at the beach may be pleasurable, it cannot compare to the exhilaration and "flow" felt by the mountain climber. Similarly, an employee who holds a demanding and stressful position may not experience pleasure on the job, but for some, the challenge presented by the work is often enjoyable and can lead to "flow." For others, however, a demanding job may be overwhelming and may be experienced as drudgery, not enjoyment. Csikszentmihalyi explores characteristics that are common to organizations that support flow.

Csikszentmihalyi claims that leaders of organizations can actively create conditions to ensure that every employee has an opportunity to fully develop and express their potentialities and as a result experience flow. He explains that clear goals, good feedback, and incremental challenges are important factors that facilitate employee growth. First, goals must be clear both on an organizational and individual level. An employee must not only embrace the goals for the organization, he/she must trust their leader's commitment to those goals and must see how his/her individual activities align with the larger vision. Likewise, employees must have access to effective and meaningful feedback, not only to improve performance, but to be reassured that the leaders of the organization care deeply about their work. Finally, challenges presented to employees must be matched with their level of skill. Tasks that are too easy make experiences of flow and enjoyment more difficult to create, whereas challenges that are too great are simply overwhelming. Csikszentmihalyi states that actively creating conditions for flow is one of the best strategies for getting employees to give their best.

The assertions in the book are not clearly substantiated by research. Most of Csikszentmihalyi's claims seem to be derived from his earlier works and mapped onto workplace situations, corroborated by anecdotal evidence captured in interviews. A careful review of the book's notes reveal that an overwhelming majority of the thirty-nine business leaders who were interviewed were male and over the age of fifty. It remains to be seen if a more diverse group would have provided different accounts of flow at the workplace. Nevertheless, the book is an uplifting read and reminds us that work can indeed be enjoyable. It contains many inspirational quotes and anecdotes from today's business leaders, and presents a unique perspective on finding happiness.

Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning

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Good Business: Leadership, Flow, and the Making of Meaning
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