Gender and Environment

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-0-415-16820-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

Reihe: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts

Accessible and lively, this is the first introductory level text to introduce the key issues in the rapidly growing area of gender and environment. This text provides an analysis of how gender relations affect the natural environment and of how environmental issues have a differential impact on women and men.Using case studies from the developed and developing worlds, this text covers· gendered roles in the family· community and international connections· conception· giving birth· western practices· the body and the self.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hatfield, Susan Buckingham

Buckingham, Susan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Soziale & wirtschaftliche Auswirkungen von Umweltfaktoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes Author's Preface Acknowledgements 1. Linking Gender and the Environment 2. The Making of Science: it's a man's world 3. Explaning Gender Environment Relations 4. The Body and the Self 5. Gendered Roles in the Family 6. Gendered Roles in the Community 7. The International Dimension 8. Conclusions Appendix Further Information References