JEFF HEARN is the first Professor in Critical Studies on Men, Link/ping University, Sweden, and Professor, Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland, and University of Huddersfield, UK. He has also been Research Professor, University of Manchester, Professor II, Oslo University and Visiting Professor in eight universities in four countries. His many publications include Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities (co-editor, 2005). KEITH PRINGLE is Professor in Social Work, Aalborg University, Denmark, Visiting Professor in Sociology and Social Research, M?lardalen Universi

"... 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

• 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