Focusing on the unsung and virtually "invisible" Black women important to the civil rights movement, Sisters in Struggle rethinks, challenges and broadens traditional concepts of leadership, derived from male leadership models. Based on eight years of research, oral narratives, life histories and extensive personal interviews conducted with over 100 movement activists of the 1960s, Bernice McNair Barnett provides a timely analysis of race, gender and class in social movement leadership. Excluded from patricentric civil rights scholarship and Eurocentric feminist scholarship, Black women were seldom recognized as leaders, yet they often were the ones who initiated protest, formulated strategies and tactics and mobilized other resources necessary for successful protest. Their multidimensional leadership roles and personal-political struggles reveal common themes in Black women's diverse life histories and activism during the civil rights movements.

This new edition of Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society is an authoritative, comprehensive guide on issues around race, culture and mental health service provision. It has been updated to reflect the changes in the UK over the last ten years and features entirely new chapters by over twenty authors, expanding the range of topics by including issues of particular concern for women, family therapy, and mental health of refugees and asylum seekers. Divided into four sections the book covers: issues around mental health service provision for black and minority ethnic (BME) communities including refugees and asylum seekers critical accounts of how these issues may be confronted, with examples of projects that attempt to do just that programs and innovative services that appear to meet some of the needs of BME communities a critical but constructive account of lessons to be drawn from earlier sections and discussion of the way ahead. With chapters on training, service user involvement, policy development and service provision Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society will appeal to academics, professionals, trainers and managers, as well as providing up-to-date information for a general readership.

Product Description: A thought-provoking handbook for practitioners, students and trainers in the mental health field. Addresses controversial issues and offers revealing insights and intelligent suggestions for all those involved with mental health.

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