European Perspectives on Men and Masculinities

The Contributors are Members of Critical Research on Men in Europe (CROME)HARRY FERGUSON Professor of Social Work, University of the West of England, UKDIMITAR KAMBOUROV Sofia University and the New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria JOANNA KAZIK Women's Studies Centre, University of Lódz, PolandVOLDEMAR KOLGA Tallin Pedagigical University, Estonia EMMI LATTU University of Tampere, FinlandURSULA MÜLLER Universität Bielefeld, Fakultät für Soziologie, GermanyHERTTA NIEMI FLO, Swedish School of Economics, FinlandMARIE NORDBERG Göteborg University, SwedenIRINA NOVIKOVA Centre for Gender Studies, Department of Culture and Literature, University of Latvia, Latvia ELZBIETA OLEKSY Women's Studies Centre, University of Lódz, PolandIVA IMlDOVÁ Gender Studies Sociology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic TEEMU TALLBERG FLO, Swedish School of Economics, Finland

• List of Figures and Tables Preface and Acknowledgements Members of Critical Research on Men In Europe (CROME) Studying Men in Europe; J.Hearn & K.Pringle PART 1: APPROACHES Academic Research; J.Hearn, K.Pringle & The Collective Statistical Information; J.Hearn & The Collective Law and Policy; K.Pringle, J.Hearn & The Collective Media and Newspaper Representations; J.Hearn & The Collective PART 2: THEMES Home and Work; J.Hearn, K.Pringle & The Collective Social Exclusion; K.Pringle & J.Hearn , with I.Novikova & D.Kambourov Violences; J.Hearn & K.Pringle Health; J.Hearn & V.Kolga , with K.Pringle Configurations of Europe; J.Hearn, K.Pringle & The Collective Notes References Index

"... as the first project of its kind, European Perspectives on Men and Masculinities is an impressive achievement in its own right, and one hopes it will generate new research ...." - Christopher E. Forth, US, Men and Masculinities, 2008"This book will be of interest to a variety of scholars, especially those whose working terrain is national and regional and who are looking for a decent overview of studies, research issues and methodological caveats. It is a sound accomplishment to have outlined the perspective that men's endurance and men's creation of social problems are commonly, be it in variable and complex ways, intertwined." - Diederik F. Janssen, The Netherlands, Journal of Men's Studies"The book might become a convenient handbook for researchers, teachers and students - dealing with social problems, gender, work, new family types etc." - Niels Rosendal Jensen, Denmark, European Journal of Social Work