ABSTRACT
A fresh look at the balance of responsibilities and control in care-giving, both in the public and private spheres. Using previously unpublished empirical data, contributors focus on male experiences of welfare services.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|89 pages
Theory, discourse and policy
part II|158 pages
Women and men on men and welfare
chapter Chapter 6|34 pages
Men will be men
The ambiguity of men's support for men who have been violent to known women
part III|80 pages
Service providers, men and welfare
chapter Chapter 11|25 pages
Redundant men and overburdened women
Local service providers and the construction of gender in ex-mining communities
