ISBN:
9780582369429
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (205 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Feminist Perspectives
Parallel Title:
Print version Feminist Perspectives on Environment and Society
DDC:
305.42/01
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
For courses in Environmental studies, Environmental Sociology, Environmental geography and Development studies; Women's studies and Women's issues options on a wide variety of degree courses. Combining theory with practice, this concise, accessible text provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts, theories and results of environmental sociology from a feminist perspective. Within an international context it portrays in full the different feminist perspectives on environment and society, which are marginalized in mainstream research, and shows how the feminist critique on environmenta
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Publisher's acknowledgements; Author's acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: feminist perspectives; Introduction; Environmental sociology; Feminist perspectives; Feminist critique of science and technology; Ecofeminism as a theory; Ecofeminism as a movement; Feminist environmental research; Outlook; Outline of remaining chapters; Summary; Further reading; 2 Environment and society; What are environmental problems?; Deep ecology and ecofeminism; Are environmental problems real?
Description / Table of Contents:
Sociology and the relationships between nature and societySocietal metabolism and the colonisation of nature; Other conceptions of the relationship between society and nature; Summary; Further reading; 3 Work and the environment; Work and environment: the shortcomings of the debate from a feminist angle; 'The crisis of the work society' - 'The crisis of Fordism'; The work society and the gendered division of labour; 'Environment and employment' - and women? A deficit analysis; A brief overview of the development of female employment; Sustainable work: an emerging discourse
Description / Table of Contents:
Feminist contributions to the topic of sustainable labourSummary; Further reading; 4 Consumerism, lifestyles and behavioural changes; Introduction; Global production - global consumption; Consumption and lifestyles; Sustainable development: developing new models of prosperity, consumption and lifestyles; The 'dematerialisation' of consumption by eco-efficient services; Environmental consciousness and environmentally sound behaviour; Mobile women; 'Sustainable mobility'; Summary; Further reading; 5 Politics and political strategies; Introduction; Phases of Western environmental movements
Description / Table of Contents:
Environmental activism and womenTowards global (eco)feminism; Local Agenda 21; Summary; Further reading; 6 Conclusions and outlook: towards a gender-sensitive socio-ecological research; Concluding remarks; Summary; Further reading; Glossary; Select bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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