Men and Masculinities Around the World: Transforming Men’s Practices (Global Masculinities)

"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."--Publisher description Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction: Transforming Men’s Practices Around the World (Keith Pringle, Jeff Hearn, Bob Pease, Elisabetta Ruspini)....Pages 1-13 Front Matter ....Pages 15-15 Slow, Passive, and Hesitant: Transforming Men’s Practices in Austria (Edgar Forster)....Pages 17-29 Interventions on, and of, Men in the Finnish State, Civil Society, and Media (Jeff Hearn, Hertta Niemi)....Pages 31-43 Care-Free Masculinities in Ireland (Niall Hanlon, Kathleen Lynch)....Pages 45-57 And Yet Something Is on the Move: Education for New Forms of Masculinity and Paternity in Italy (Elisabetta Ruspini)....Pages 59-69 (Re)constructing Masculinity à la Polonaise (Katarzyna Wojnicka)....Pages 71-83 Unraveling the Maze: Gender Equality and Men’s Practices in Norway (Øystein Gullvåg Holter)....Pages 85-96 Working with Men in a Gender Equality Paradise? The Case of Sweden (Maria Eriksson, Keith Pringle)....Pages 97-108 What’s Happening in Men’s Work in the UK? Reflections on Policies and Processes (Carole Wright, Malcolm Cowburn)....Pages 109-121 Front Matter ....Pages 123-123 Masculinities and Social Intervention in Colombia (Mara Viveros Vigoya)....Pages 125-141 Young Mexican Men Divided: A Possibility for Transforming Masculinity (Juan Carlos Ramírez Rodríguez)....Pages 143-157 Engaging Men in the United States: Soft Essentialism and the Obstacles to Coherent Initiatives in Education and Family Policy (Tristan S. Bridges, Michael Kimmel)....Pages 159-173 Front Matter ....Pages 175-175 Governing Men’s Violence against Women in Australia (Bob Pease)....Pages 177-189 Masculinities in Crisis? An Emerging Debate on Men and Boys in Contemporary China (Xingkui Zhang)....Pages 191-203 Transforming Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan (James E. Roberson)....Pages 205-218 From Benevolent Patriarchy to Gender Transformation: A Case Study of Pakistan’s “We Can End Violence against Women” Program (Joyce Wu)....Pages 219-231 Front Matter ....Pages 233-233 Poverty, Masculine Violence, and the Transformation of Men: Ethnographic Notes from Kenyan Slums (Chimaraoke Izugbara)....Pages 235-246 Navigating Past “the White Man’s Agenda” in South Africa: Organizing Men for Gendered Transformation of Society (Kopano Ratele, Tamara Shefer, Mbuyiselo Botha)....Pages 247-259 Back Matter ....Pages 261-282 How are men reacting to contemporary social change? How are they responding to changes in womenʹs demands and womenʹs identities? And how are national and transnational politics and policies assisting, or not, in these key challenges? Using a broad comparative perspective, contributions from scholars in seventeen countries analyze the characteristics and potential of diverse educational and political initiatives towards progressive changes in gender relations. -- Book cover