ABSTRACT
The aim of this chapter is to explicate the complexity around the dialectic of consensus/coercion within the theory of hegemony. A key objective will be to show that singularity and negativity, which have become axiomatic in the masculinities literature, are only a partial representation. The resultant analysis produces ‘The tripartite model of hegemony’ whose significance to the nexus hegemony and hegemonic masculinity is in its ability to outline the crucial points of delineation between dominative hegemony and aspirational hegemony.
