The EU, men and masculinities

Jeff Hearn, Katarzyna Wojnicka, Iva Šmídová, Keith Pringle

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Abstract

Critical approaches on men and masculinities are relevant whether people are talking about European Union (EU) politics as an amalgam of national and local politics, institutionally or geographically, or the international or transnational politics in or of the EU itself and its various constituent institutions and bodies. The explicitly gendered ʼnaming men as men’ has been made within this critical context, not to essentialise or reify men, but to see men and masculinities as an object of critique and critical interrogation. A lack of gender perspective typically means an implicit perspective of certain (kinds of) men, and an assumed ‘male-as-norm’, whether in politics and/or political analysis. A wide variety of critical research on many different aspects of men and masculinities in most parts of the EU exists. Several research projects addressing men, masculinities and gender relations in EU member states have been funded by the European Commission.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics
EditorsGabriele Abels, Andrea Krizsán, Heather MacRae, Anna van der Vleuten
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherRoutledge
Chapter7
Pages80-92
Number of pages13
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9781351049948, 9781351049955
ISBN (Print)9781138485259
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Mar 2021

Publication series

NameRoutledge International Handbooks
PublisherRoutledge

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