Men and Masculinities Around the World: Transforming Mens 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. 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. Transforming Men And Masculinities Around The World / Keith Pringle, Jeff Hearn, Bob Pease, And Elisabetta Ruspini -- Men And Masculinities In Europe -- Slow, Passive And Hesitant : Transforming Men's Practices In Austria / Edgar Foster -- Interventions On And Of Men In The Finnish State, Civil Society, And Media / Jeff Hearn And Hertta Niemi -- Care-free Masculinities In Ireland / Niall Hanlon And Kathleen Lynch -- And Yet Something Is On The Move -- : Education For New Forms Of Masculinity And Paternity In Italy / Elisabetta Ruspini -- (re)constructing Masculinity A La Polonais / Katarzyna Wojnicka -- Unravelling The Maze : Gender Equality And Men's Practices In Norway / Øystein Gullvåg Holter -- Working With Men In A Gender Equality Paradise : The Case Of Sweden / Maria Eriksson And Keith Pringle -- What's Happening In Men's Work In The Uk? : Reflections On Policies And Processes / Carole Wright And Malcolm Cowburn -- Men And Masculinities In The Americas --^ Masculinities And Social Intervention In Colombia / Mara Viveros Vigolla -- Young Mexican Men Divided : A Possibility For Transforming Masculinity / Juan Carlos Ramírez Rodríguez -- Engaging Men In The United States : Soft Essentialism And The Obstacles To Coherent Initiatives In Education And Family Policy / Tristan Bridges And Michael Kimmel -- Men And Masculinities In The Asia Pacific -- Governing Men's Violence In Australia / Bob Pease -- Masculinities In Crisis? : Men And Boys In Contemporary China / Xingkui Zhang -- Transforming Men And Masculinities In Contemporary Japan / James Roberson -- From Benevolent Patriarchy To Gender Transformation : A Case Study Of Pakistan's We Can End Violence Against Women' Program / Joyce Wu -- Men And Masculinities In Africa -- Poverty, Masculine Violence And The Transformation Of Men : Ethnographic Notes From Kenyan Slums / Chimaraoke Izugbara --^ Navigating Past The White Man's Agenda In South Africa : Organising Men For Gendered Transformation Of Society / Kopano Ratele, Tamara Shefer And Mbuyiselo Botha. Edited By Elisabetta Ruspini ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Half-Title......Page 2 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 List of Tables and Figures......Page 8 Note from the Series Editors......Page 10 1 Introduction: Transforming Men’s Practices Around the World......Page 12 Part I Men and Masculinities in Europe......Page 26 2 Slow, Passive, and Hesitant: Transforming Men’s Practices in Austria......Page 28 3 Interventions on, and of, Men in the Finnish State, Civil Society, and Media......Page 42 4 Care- Free Masculinities in Ireland......Page 56 5 And Yet Something Is on the Move: Education for New Forms of Masculinity and Paternity in Italy......Page 70 6 (Re)constructing Masculinity à la Polonaise......Page 82 7 Unraveling the Maze: Gender Equality and Men’s Practices in Norway......Page 96 8 Working with Men in a Gender Equality Paradise? The Case of Sweden......Page 108 9 What’s Happening in Men’s Work in the UK? Reflections on Policies and Processes......Page 120 Part II Men and Masculinities in the Americas......Page 134 10 Masculinities and Social Intervention in Colombia......Page 136 11 Young Mexican Men Divided: A Possibility for Transforming Masculinity......Page 154 12 Engaging Men in the United States: Soft Essentialism and the Obstacles to Coherent Initiatives in Education and Family Policy......Page 170 Part III Men and Masculinities in the Asia Pacific......Page 186 13 Governing Men’s Violence against Women in Australia......Page 188 14 Masculinities in Crisis? An Emerging Debate on Men and Boys in Contemporary China......Page 202 15 Transforming Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan......Page 216 16 From Benevolent Patriarchy to Gender Transformation: A Case Study of Pakistan’s “We Can End Violence against Women” Program......Page 230 Part IV Men and Masculinities in Africa......Page 244 17 Poverty, Masculine Violence, and the Transformation of Men: Ethnographic Notes from Kenyan Slums......Page 246 18 Navigating Past “the White Man’s Agenda” in South Africa: Organizing Men for Gendered Transformation of Society......Page 258 Notes on Contributors......Page 272 Index......Page 280