Thanks David. But my apologies to all for having replied to the whole 
mailing list rather than just to Dennis. That was done in error.

Alvin
On 11/8/2020 6:33 PM, David Zitner wrote:
> I'm looking forward to reading your book; especially the sections, if 
> any, on the ways that labelling individual problems can interfere with 
> the development of appropriate solutions.
> best wishes
> david zitner
>
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> Alvin Finkel <[log in to unmask]>
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> *Subject:* Re: [SDOH] Call for Proposed Titles in the Series: The 
> Politics of Health
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> FETAL ALCOHOL SPECTRUM DISORDER: A SOCIAL PROBLEM DISGUISED AS 
> INDIVIDUAL TRAGEDIES
>
>
>
> That's a prospective title or at least an overall thesis for my 
> proposed book.
>
>
> One of my two adopted sons lives with FASD. It limits his life in 
> myriad ways and perhaps as many as 4 in 100 Canadians share his 
> travails though the diagnosis is usually only applied to Indigenous 
> and Black Canadians such as my son whose ancestry is both Indigenous 
> and African (white folks with similar issues are often simply labelled 
> as having ADHD). Our prisons are filled with people who are both 
> racialized and likely sufferers of FASD to the point where a majority 
> of the incarcerated population might be said to have untreated or 
> poorly treated FASD.
>
> The medical literature on FASD stresses the behaviours of pregnant 
> women with almost no social context and similarly describes the 
> behaviours of the children with FASD during both childhood and 
> adulthood in ways that ignore social contexts. The treatment of those 
> with FASD focuses on medications and behavioural therapies that are 
> individualized and place almost no focus on social interventions. The 
> professionals who work with people with FASD tend to do so separately 
> and with no case coordinator or overall strategy that takes into 
> account the whole person or their social setting, current and future. 
> Many of these professionals find FASD as such incomprehensible and 
> apply individualist therapies that are probably inappropriate for many 
> groups of people but actually harmful when applied to people with FASD.
>
> So what I am proposing is a book that studies FASD as an exemplar of 
> caste, colonialist, and individualist ways of studying a mental health 
> issue versus a critical perspective that locates our naming of a 
> disease and its causes and possible successful treatments in an 
> anti-imperialist, anti-racist, and feminist social framework.
>
> Also, I would want to put FASD in the larger context of how social and 
> health policies construct girls and women of different social 
> backgrounds, both in terms of social class and ethnicity, and how 
> these policies respond to their pregnancies, births, and what they 
> need to make the early lives of their children both happy and 
> fulfilling in terms of their social development. Also important would 
> be to place studies of FASD in the larger disability literature that 
> explores how people who are differently abled require social policies 
> that emphasize their strengths and make accommodations for their 
> weaknesses. There have been successes regarding FASD and other mental 
> health challenges such as schizophrenia that need to be applied more 
> broadly and often are not because of the short-term public 
> expenditures that would be required.
>
> I’m a much-published historian of social policy and labour and indeed 
> of Canadian history generally. I was a journalist before I became an 
> historian and can pitch my writing to any desired level and with or 
> without academic jargon.
>
> My publications on FASD to date are modest. I did an article for the 
> progressive, popular journal, /Alberta Views/, a few years back that 
> was nominated for a journalism award, but under a pseudonym to protect 
> the anonymity of my son and using assumed names for the families that 
> I interviewed for the piece. I also did a scathing review a decade ago 
> on the one historical monograph on FASD to date in the journal, 
> /Labour/Le Travail/, for which I was book review editor at the time. 
> But I have kept abreast of the literature on the subject and have been 
> active at various times in parent lobby and on-line discussion groups 
> on FASD, and stored a variety of materials on the subject, both 
> academic and personal, over time. I’ve certainly had it on my 
> long-term list of projects to produce a book on the topic of FASD. I 
> would be very happy to have such a book in your series if it seems a 
> desirable topic and I’m viewed as a suitable candidate to write the book.
>
>
> Thanks for your consideration of this title.
>
>
> Alvin Finkel
>
>
>
> On 10/29/2020 2:55 PM, Dennis Raphael wrote:
>>
>> Call for Proposed Titles in the Series: The Politics of Health On 
>> behalf of Canadian Scholars Press Incorporated
>>
>> I am putting together a series of books – as series editor -- 
>> entitled The Politics of Health.
>>
>> Each volume will consider a key issue building upon themes of the 
>> welfare state, public policy, and the social determinants of health. 
>> The definition of politics will include aspects of political 
>> ideology, political parties, and the politics of everyday life.
>>
>> The first volume in the series is The Politics of the Welfare State: 
>> Implications for Health by Toba Bryant and Dennis Raphael
>>
>> The second volume in the series is going to be the Politics of Dental 
>> Care in Canada by Carlos Quiñonez of the University of Toronto.
>>
>> The following section details our current thinking of book 
>> specifications:
>>
>> •            The writing level should be pitched for 2nd-4th year 
>> undergrads; a way of saying a level that is accessible, without being 
>> too introductory.
>>
>> •            The main market will be supplemental course use with 
>> some readership developing outside of this area (politicians, 
>> policymakers, interested parties, etc.).
>>
>> •            There will be a traditional proposal and peer review 
>> process for these titles.
>>
>> •            Consideration by CSPI is not necessarily a guarantee of 
>> publication.
>>
>> •            Rough length guidelines:
>>
>> o            Word count: 30,000-50,000
>>
>> o            MS Page Count: approx. 128-190 pages
>>
>> o            6 x 9 book page length: 120-170 pages (will vary 
>> depending on graphs and figures)
>>
>> Please submit any ideas of interest you may have to me at 
>> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> and I will be back to 
>> you very quickly.
>>
>> Proposal Submission
>>
>> For the proposal stage of the books in this series, CSPI requires 1-2 
>> sample chapters, a table of contents, and a very brief proposal (the 
>> author’s approach to the text and reasons why the work is important). 
>> Most of the other information usually requested in a proposal 
>> (length, audience, etc.) has already been set above.
>>
>> A timeline of 6-8 months is available to put together the proposal.
>>
>> Get a free copy of Social Determinants of Health: The Canadian Facts 
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>> Join 1200+ health leaders on the SDOH Listserv at 
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>> Of interest:
>>
>> The Politics of Health in the Canadian Welfare State
>>
>> https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/the-politics-of-health-in-the-canadian-welfare-state
>>
>> Poverty in Canada, 3^rd edition,
>> Forewords by Cathy Crowe, Rob Ranier and Jack Layton
>> https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/poverty-in-canada-d3408482-0caa-489a-8a76-7faf7587d00a
>>
>> Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health 
>> Care, 3rd edition
>> Foreword by Gary Teeple
>> https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/staying-alive
>>
>>
>> Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives, 3rd edition
>> Forewords by Michael Butler and Maude Barlow, Carolyn Bennett and Roy 
>> Romanow
>> http://tinyurl.com/hm5l4hn
>>
>> Immigration, Public Policy, and Health: Newcomer Experiences in 
>> Developed Nations
>> http://www.cspi.org/books/immigration-public-policy-and-health
>>
>> About Canada: Health and Illness, 2nd edition
>> https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/about-canada-health-and-illness
>>
>> Tackling Health Inequalities: Lessons from International Experiences
>> Foreword by Alex Scott-Samuel
>> http://www.cspi.org/books/tackling_health_inequalities
>>
>> Health Promotion and Quality of Life in Canada: Essential Readings
>> http://tinyurl.com/3C8zteu
>>
>> See a presentation! The Political Economy of Health Inequalities.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NCTYqAub8g
>>
>> Also, presentation at the University of Toronto on how Canada stacks 
>> up again other nations in providing citizens with economic and social 
>> security.
>> http://vimeo.com/33346501
>>
>> See what Jack Layton had to say about my books!
>> http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/04/10/cv-election-ndp-layton-platform.html
>> at 27:20
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