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Seema Arora-Jonsson - Gender, Development and Environmental Governance: Theorizing Connections - 9780415629614 - V9780415629614
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Gender, Development and Environmental Governance: Theorizing Connections

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A major challenge in studies of environmental governance is dealing with the diversity of the people involved at multiple levels – villagers, development agents, policy-makers, private resource users and others – and taking seriously their aspirations, conflicts and collaborations. This book examines this challenge in two very disparate parts of our world, exploring what gender-equality, resource management and development mean in real terms for its inhabitants as well as for our environmental futures.

Based on participatory research and in-depth fieldwork, Arora-Jonsson studies struggles for local forest management, the making of women’s groups within them and how the women’s groups became a ... Read more

Questioning the conventional belief that development brings about greater gender equality and more efficient environmental management, this volume scrutinizes how environmental imaginations are key to crafting gender relations. It shows gender to be at the heart of environmental negotiations while at the same time making a case for environmental sensibilities as integral to gender relations. At the confluence of development, environmental and gender studies, the book contributes to a much-needed dialogue between these fields, proposing new futures in environmental management.

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Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
405g
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415629614
SKU
V9780415629614
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-4

About Seema Arora-Jonsson
Seema Arora-Jonsson is Associate Professor in the Department of Rural and Urban Development at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

Reviews for Gender, Development and Environmental Governance: Theorizing Connections
"With a sizzling intelligence and a passionate commitment to justice Seema Arora-Jonsson uses empirically rich case studies from forest villages in India and Sweden to challenge taken-for-granted understandings of gender, environment and governance and their intersections. This beautifully written and deeply insightful book is a definite must-read for anyone concerned about these issues." -Louise Fortmann, Professor and Chair, Department ... Read more

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