Feminist Political Ecology Global Issues and Local Experience

Name: Feminist Political Ecology Global Issues and Local Experience
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ISBN: 9780415120272

ISBN-10: 0415120276

ISBN-13: 9780415120272

Edition: 1997

Authors: Dianne Rocheleau, Barbara Thomas-Slayter, Esther Wangari

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This book explores the gendered relations of ecologies, economics, and politics in communities as diverse as the rubbertappers in the rainforrests of Brazil to the activist groups fighting racism in New York City.

Book details

List price: $89.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 10/8/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Gender and Environment: A feminist political ecology perspective




Out on the Front Lines but Still Struggling for Voice: Women in the rubber tappers' defense of the forest in Xapuri, Acre, Brazil




Feminist Politics and Environmental Justice: Women's community activism in West Harlem, New York




Protecting the Environment Against State Policy in Austria: From women's participation in protest to new voices in parliament




Spanish Women Against Industrial Waste: A gender perspective on environmental grassroots movements




Gendered Visions for Survival: Semi-arid regions in Kenya




Developing and Dismantling Social Capital: Gender and resource management in the Philippines




"Our Lives are No Different from that of Our Buffaloes": Agricultural change and gendered spaces in a central Himalayan valley




Gendered Knowledge: Rights and Space in Two Zimbabwe Villages: Reflections on methods and findings




From Forest Gardens to Tree Farms: Women, men, and timber in Zambrana-Chacuey, Dominican Republic




Where Kitchen and Laboratory Meet: The "tested food for Silesia" program




"Hysterical Housewives" and Other Mad Women: Grassroots environmental organizing in the United States




Feminist Political Ecology: Crosscutting themes, theoretical insights, policy implications



Notes on contributors


Index