Feminist Political Ecology

<p><em>Feminist Political Ecology</em> explores the gendered relations of ecologies, economies and politics in communities as diverse as the rubbertappers in the rainforests of Brazil to activist groups fighting racism in New York City.<br>Women are often at the centre of these struggles, struggles which concern local knowledge, everyday practice, rights to resources, sustainable development, environmental quality, and social justice.<br>The book bridges the gap between the academic and rural orientation of political ecology and the largely activist and urban focus of environmental justice movements.</p> 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