Feminist political ecology : global issues and local experiences / edited by Dianne Rocheleau, Barbara Thomas-Slayter, and Esther Wangari.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: International studies of women and placePublication details: Oxon : Routledge, 1996.Description: xviii, 327 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:- 0415120276 (pbk.)
- 9780415120272 (pbk.)
- 305.42 ROC 23
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Dianne Rocheleau, Barbara Thomas-Slayter and Esther Wangari -- 2. Out on the Front Lines but Still Struggling for Voice: Women in the rubber tappers' defense of the forest in Xapuri, Acre, Brazil / Connie Campbell / Women's Group of Xapuri -- 3. Feminist Politics and Environmental Justice: Women's community activism in West Harlem, New York / Vernice Miller, Moya Hallstein and Susan Quass -- 4. Protecting the Environment Against State Policy in Austria: From women's participation in protest to new voices in parliament / Doris Wastl-Walter -- 5. Spanish Women Against Industrial Waste: A gender perspective on environmental grassroots movements / Josepa Brú-Bistuer -- 6. Gendered Visions for Survival: Semi-arid regions in Kenya / Esther Wangari, Barbara Thomas-Slayter and Dianne Rocheleau -- 7. Developing and Dismantling Social Capital: Gender and resource management in the Philippines / M. Dale Shields, Cornelia Butler Flora, Barbara Thomas-Slayter, Gladys Buenavista -- 8. "Our Lives Are No Different From That Of Our Buffaloes": Agricultural change and gendered spaces in a central Himalayan valley / Manjari Mehta -- 9. Gendered Knowledge: Rights and Space in Two Zimbabwe Villages: Reflections on methods and findings / Louise Fortmann -- 10. From Forest Gardens to Tree Farms: Women, men, and timber in Zambrana-Chacuey, Dominican Republic / Dianne Rocheleau, Laurie Ross, Julio Morrobel (with Ricardo Hernandez, Cristobalina Amparo, Cirilo Brito, Daniel Zevallos, the staff of ENDA-Caribe and the Rural Federation of Zambrana-Chacuey) -- 11. Where Kitchen and Laboratory Meet: The "tested food for Silesia" program / Anne C. Bellows -- 12. "Hysterical Housewives" and Other Mad Women: Grassroots environmental organizing in the United States / Joni Seager -- 13. Feminist Political Ecology: Crosscutting themes, theoretical insights, policy implications / Barbara Thomas-Slayter, Esther Wangari, Dianne Rocheleau.
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.
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