Men and Masculinities Around the World: Transforming Men's Practices

Introduction: Transforming Men and Masculinities Around the World; K.Pringle, J.Hearn, B.Pease & E.Ruspini PART I: MEN AND MASCULINITIESIN EUROPE Slow, Passive and Hesitant...Transforming Men's Practices in Austria; E.Foster Interventions on and of Men in the FinnishState, 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 Forms of Masculinity and Paternity in Italy; E.Ruspini (Re)constructing Masculinity a la Polonais; K.Wojnicka Unravelling the Maze: Gender Equality andMen's Practices in Norway; Øystein Gullvåg Holter Working with Men in a Gender Equality Paradise? The Case of Sweden; M.Eriksson & K.Pringle What's Happening in Men's Work in the UK? Reflections on Policies and Processes; C.Wright M.Cowburn PART II: MENAND MASCULINITIESIN 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 Obstaclesto 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 ofPakistan's'We Can End Violence Against Women' Program; J.Wu PART IV:MEN AND MASCULINITIESIN 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