Men in the Nursery: Gender and Caring Work

By Claire Cameron, Peter Moss, Charlie Owen, et al.

Highly Commended (Third prize) in the Standing Conference on Studies in Education book prize for books published in 1999.

It was a breath of fresh air to see ′contentious′ issues dealt with in an enlightened and informative way. We are certain it will move the debate on years ′ - Chrissie Meleady, Sheffield Childrens′ Centre

Looks most interesting and will certainly be very useful′ - Bronwen Cohen, Director, Children in Scotland

It′s a challenging and exciting book and I hope it is widely used′ - Margy Whalley, Director, Pen Green Research, Development and Training Base, Pen Green Centre for Under 5′s and Their Families

An extremely interesting account. This book highlights some very important tensions and contradictions about the role of men in childcare work. The differing perceptions of women and men concerning men′s involvement in childcare are particularly thoughtfully documented′ - Peter Aggleton, Director, Thomas Coram Research Unit, University of London

An essential book for the debate on gender and childcare... the more academic childcare students will cope with it, will be good for Second year BTEC students, A′ Level students′ - Robin Wright, Lecturer, Bournemouth and Poole College of Higher Education

Having been a lone male worker, this book has stimulate discussion on gender and how we need to wrestle and value difference. For that reason alone its worth buying′ - Practical Parenting

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853963887
• ISBN13: 9781853963889
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications UK
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.1"