Feminist Political Ecology - Global Issues and Local Experience

Zusatztext 'The volume, through its close engagement with both theory and practice, raises interesting possibilities for critical research practice. It is strongly recommended.' - Geographical Journal, July 98, Issue 16.4.2 Informationen zum Autor Dianne Rocheleau, Barbara Thomas-Slayter, Esther Wangari Klappentext Feminist Political Ecology explores the gendered relations of ecologies, economies, and politics in communities as diverse as the rubber tappers in the rainforests of Brazil and activist groups fighting environmental racism in New York City. Environmental struggles occur throughout the world from industrial to agrarian societies. Women are often at the centre of these struggles concerning local knowledge, everyday practice, rights to resources, sustainable development, environmental quality, and social justice. This book bridges the gap between the academic and rural orientation of political ecology and the largely activist and urban focus of environmental justice movements. It aims to bring together the theoretical frameworks of feminist analysis with the specificities of women's activism and experiences around the world. Zusammenfassung This book explores the gendered relations of ecologies, economies and politics in communities as diverse as the rubbertappers in the Amazon to activist groups fighting racism in New York and bridges the gap between rural and urban movements. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Part I. Conceptual overview, 1. GENDER AND ENVIRONMENT, Part II. Gendered organizations, 2. OUT ON THE FRONT LINES BUT STILL STRUGGLING FOR VOICE, 3. FEMINIST POLITICS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, 4. PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AGAINST STATE POLICY IN AUSTRIA, 5. SPANISH WOMEN AGAINST INDUSTRIAL WASTE, Part III. Gendered resource rights, 6. GENDERED VISIONS FOR SURVIVAL, 7. DEVELOPING AND DISMANTLING SOCIAL CAPITAL, 8. OUR LIVES ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF OUR BUFFALOES, Part IV. Gendered knowledge, 9. GENDERED KNOWLEDGE: RIGHTS AND SPACE IN TWO ZIMBABWE VILLAGES, 10. FROM FOREST GARDENS TO TREE FARMS, 11. WHERE KITCHEN AND LABORATORY MEET, 12. HYSTERICAL HOUSEWIVES AND OTHER MAD WOMEN, Part V. Conclusion, 13. FEMINIST POLITICAL ECOLOGY, Notes on contributors, Index...

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• Authors: Dianne Thomas-Slayter Rocheleau
• Assisted by: Dianne Rocheleau (Editor), Rocheleau Dianne (Editor), Barbara Thomas-Slayter (Editor), Thomas-Slayter Barbara (Editor), Esther Wangari (Editor), Wangari Esther (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.09.1996
• EAN: 9780415120265
• ISBN: 978-0-415-12026-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Applied ecology, Feminism & feminist theory, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Feminism and feminist theory, Human rights, civil rights, Demonstrations & protest movements