The Contributors are Members of Critical Research on Men in Europe (CROME) HARRY FERGUSON Professor of Social Work, University of the West of England, UK DIMITAR KAMBOUROV Sofia University and the New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria JOANNA KAZIK Women's Studies Centre, University of Lodz, Poland VOLDEMAR KOLGA Tallin Pedagigical University, Estonia EMMI LATTU University of Tampere, Finland URSULA MAuLLER Universitat Bielefeld, Fakultat fur Soziologie, Germany HERTTA NIEMI FLO, Swedish School of Economics, Finland MARIE NORDBERG Goteborg University, Sweden IRINA NOVIKOVA Centre for Gender Studies, Department of Culture and Literature, University of Latvia, Latvia ELZBIETA OLEKSY Women's Studies Centre, University of Lodz, Poland IVA IMlDOV Gender Studies Sociology Department, Faculty of Social Sciences, Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic TEEMU TALLBERG FLO, Swedish School of Economics, Finland

This book compares the state of knowledge on men and masculinities in 14 countries across Europe, examining the effects of social change, Europeanization, globalization and new post-socialist configurations of Europe for men. Special attention is given to home and work, social exclusion, violence, and health.