Working With Men For Change

by Jim Wild., Wild, Jim

Overview

This is a work that reflects the growing interest in issues relating to men and masculinities. This diverse collection by a team of contributors analyzes the composition and representation of masculine identities. Combining research with theory and strategies for activism, the work promotes practical ways of working with men to achieve change. Intentionally designed as a handbook, it provides effective and practical information for professionals in social welfare settings, trainers and activists in the community, as well as individual men who have their own personal agenda for change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135358907
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jim Wild

Table of Contents

Introduction, John Stoltenberg; it's time for men to change, Jeff Hearn; working with men from a feminist perspective, Lena Dominelli; making the links - gender, oppression and change, Susie Orbach; when is a man not a man - when he's disabled, Tom Shakespear; working with black men for change, Wanda Thomas Bernard; men in therapy - oppertunity and change, Keith Tudor; talking spaces - a therapeutic groupwork approach to HIV prevention with gay men; men, love and violence, Paul Woolf-Light; safety issues for women co-facilitating groups for violent men, Susan Cayoutte; one man's struggle for transformation, Luke Daniels; men, power, control and violence, Vic Seidler; values and processes in groupwork with men, Malcolm Crowburn&Hilary Pengelly; working with men for change - a sequential programme for men's development, Jim Wild.