Men and masculinities around the world: transforming men's practices

This collection, with contributions on seventeen countries from social scientists from Africa, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe, analyzes the characteristics and potential of diverse educational, political and related initiatives towards progressive changes in gender relations to show how men are reacting to contemporary social change KEITH PRINGLE Professor in Sociology at Uppsala University in Sweden, and a Professor in Social Policy and Social Work at London Metropolitan University, UK. In addition, he is an Adjungeret Professor at Aalborg University in Denmark and Honorary Professor at Warwick University, UK. JEFF HEARN Professor in Gender Studies (Critical Studies on Men) at Linköping University, Sweden; a Professor of Sociology at the University of Huddersfield, UK; and a Professor inthe Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland. BOB PEASE Chair of Social Work at Deakin University, Australia. ELISABETTA RUSPINI Senior Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. INDICE: Introduction: Transforming Men and Masculinities Around the World;'K.Pringle, J.Hearn, B.Pease' &' E.Ruspini' - PART I: MEN AND MASCULINITIES IN EUROPE - Slow, Passive and Hesitant.. Transforming Men's Practices in Austria; 'E.Foster' - Interventions on and of Men in the Finnish State, Civil Society and Media; 'J.Hearn' &' H.Niemi - 'Care-free Masculinities in Ireland; 'N.Hanlon' &' K.Lynch' - And Yet Something is on the Move.. Education for New Formsof Masculinity and Paternity in Italy; 'E.Ruspini - '(Re)constructing Masculinity 'a la Polonais; K.Wojnicka - 'Unravelling the Maze: Gender Equality and Men's Practices in Norway; 'Oystein Gullvåg Holter' - Working with Men in a Gender Equality Paradise? The Case of Sweden; 'M.Eriksson' &' K.Pringle - 'What'sHappening in Men's Work in the UK? Reflections on Policies and Processes; 'C.Wright M.Cowburn' - PART II: MEN AND MASCULINITIES IN THE AMERICAS - Masculinities and Social Intervention in Colombia; 'M.V.Vigolla' - Young Mexican Men Divided: A Possibility for Transforming Masculinity; 'J.C.R.Rodríguez - 'Engaging Men in the United States: Soft Essentialism and the Obstacles to Coherent Initiatives in Education and Family Policy; 'T.Bridges' &' M.Kimmel - 'PART III: MEN AND MASCULINITIES IN THE ASIA PACIFIC - Governing Men's Violence in Australia; 'B.Pease - 'Masculinities in Crisis? Men and Boys in Contemporary China; 'X.Zhang - 'Transforming Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan; 'J.Roberson - 'From Benevolent Patriarchy To Gender Transformation: A Case Study of Pakistan's 'We Can End Violence Against Women' Program; 'J.Wu - 'PART IV: MEN AND MASCULINITIES IN AFRICA - Poverty, Masculine Violence and the Transformation of Men: Ethnographic Notes from Kenyan Slums; 'C.Izugbara - 'Navigating Past 'the White Man's Agenda' in South Africa: Organising Men for Gendered Transformation of Society; 'K.Ratele, T.Shefer' &' M.Botha'

• ISBN: 978-0-230-10715-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 292
• Fecha Publicación: 20/09/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés