Feminist political ecology : global issues and local experiences / edited by Dianne Rocheleau, Barbara Thomas-Slayter, and Esther Wangari.

Contributor(s): Rocheleau, Dianne E | Thomas-Slayter, Barbara P | Wangari, Esther Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: International studies of women and placePublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1996. Description: xviii, 327 p. : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN: 0415120268 (cloth); 0415120276 (pbk.)Subject(s): Ecofeminism -- Political aspects | Political ecology | Feminist theoryDDC classification: 305.4201 LOC classification: HQ1233 | .F48 1996Online resources: WorldCat Details

Contents:

TOC Indhold: Part I: Conceptual overview -- Gender and environment / Dianne Rocheleau ... [et al.]. Part II: Gendered organizations -- Out on the frontlines but still struggling for voice / Connie Campbell with the Women's Group of Xapuri -- Feminist politics and environmental justice / Vernice Miller ... [et al.]. Protecting the environment against state policy in Austria / Doris Wastl-Walter -- Spanish women against industrial waste / Josepa Brú-Bistuer -- Part III: Gendered resource rights -- Gendered visions for survival / Esther Wangari ... [et al.]. Development and dismantling social capital / M. Dale Shields ... [et al.]. "Our lives are no different from that of our buffaloes" / Manjari Mehta -- Part IV: Gendered knowledge -- Gendered knowledge: Rights and space in two Zimbabwe villages / Louise Fortmann -- From forest gardens to tree farms / Dianne Rocheleau ... [et al.]. Where kitchen and laboratory meet / Anne C. Bellows -- "Hysterical housewives" and other mad women / Joni Seager -- Part V: Conclusion -- Feminist political ecology / Barbara Thomas-Slayter ... [et al.].

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Reserve Section	Non-fiction	305.4201 FEM 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-1	Not For Loan		29535
Text	Dr. S. R. Lasker Library, EWU Circulation Section	Non-fiction	305.4201 FEM 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C-2	Available		29536

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

TOC Indhold: Part I: Conceptual overview --
Gender and environment / Dianne Rocheleau ... [et al.]. Part II: Gendered organizations --
Out on the frontlines but still struggling for voice / Connie Campbell with the Women's Group of Xapuri --
Feminist politics and environmental justice / Vernice Miller ... [et al.]. Protecting the environment against state policy in Austria / Doris Wastl-Walter --
Spanish women against industrial waste / Josepa Brú-Bistuer --
Part III: Gendered resource rights --
Gendered visions for survival / Esther Wangari ... [et al.]. Development and dismantling social capital / M. Dale Shields ... [et al.]. "Our lives are no different from that of our buffaloes" / Manjari Mehta --
Part IV: Gendered knowledge --
Gendered knowledge: Rights and space in two Zimbabwe villages / Louise Fortmann --
From forest gardens to tree farms / Dianne Rocheleau ... [et al.]. Where kitchen and laboratory meet / Anne C. Bellows --
"Hysterical housewives" and other mad women / Joni Seager --
Part V: Conclusion --
Feminist political ecology / Barbara Thomas-Slayter ... [et al.].

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.

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