Men and Masculinities Around the World

Chapter 1. Introduction: Transforming Men’s Practices Around the World

1. Introduction: Transforming Men’s Practices Around the World
Keith Pringle, Jeff Hearn, Bob Pease, Elisabetta Ruspini

Part I. Men and Masculinities in Europe

2. Slow, Passive, and Hesitant: Transforming Men’s Practices in Austria
Edgar Forster

3. Interventions on, and of, Men in the Finnish State, Civil Society, and Media
Jeff Hearn, Hertta Niemi

4. Care-Free Masculinities in Ireland
Niall Hanlon, Kathleen Lynch

5. And Yet Something Is on the Move: Education for New Forms of Masculinity and Paternity in Italy
Elisabetta Ruspini

6. (Re)constructing Masculinity à la Polonaise
Katarzyna Wojnicka

7. Unraveling the Maze: Gender Equality and Men’s Practices in Norway
Øystein Gullvåg Holter

8. Working with Men in a Gender Equality Paradise? The Case of Sweden
Maria Eriksson, Keith Pringle

9. What’s Happening in Men’s Work in the UK? Reflections on Policies and Processes
Carole Wright, Malcolm Cowburn

Part II. Men and Masculinities in the Americas

10. Masculinities and Social Intervention in Colombia
Mara Viveros Vigoya

11. Young Mexican Men Divided: A Possibility for Transforming Masculinity
Juan Carlos Ramírez Rodríguez

12. Engaging Men in the United States: Soft Essentialism and the Obstacles to Coherent Initiatives in Education and Family Policy
Tristan S. Bridges, Michael Kimmel

Part III. Men and Masculinities in the Asia Pacific

13. Governing Men’s Violence against Women in Australia
Bob Pease

14. Masculinities in Crisis? An Emerging Debate on Men and Boys in Contemporary China
Xingkui Zhang

15. Transforming Men and Masculinities in Contemporary Japan
James E. Roberson

16. From Benevolent Patriarchy to Gender Transformation: A Case Study of Pakistan’s “We Can End Violence against Women” Program
Joyce Wu

Part IV. Men and Masculinities in Africa

17. Poverty, Masculine Violence, and the Transformation of Men: Ethnographic Notes from Kenyan Slums
Chimaraoke Izugbara

18. Navigating Past “the White Man’s Agenda” in South Africa: Organizing Men for Gendered Transformation of Society
Kopano Ratele, Tamara Shefer, Mbuyiselo Botha

Keywords: Social Sciences, Gender Studies, Feminism