Taking Stands: Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities

Maureen G. Reed

ISBN 10: 0774810181 / ISBN 13: 9780774810180

Published by University of British Columbia Press, 2004

About this Item

Goes beyond the dichotomies of "pro" and "anti" environmentalism to tell the stories of the women who seek to maintain resource use in rural places. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSJ1; RNA; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440. . 2004. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Taking Stands: Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774810181
• ISBN 13: 9780774810180
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This book goes beyond the dichotomies of “pro” and “anti” environmentalism to tell the stories of the women who seek to maintain resource use in rural places. The author links the experiences of women who seek to protect forestry as an industry, a livelihood, a community, and a culture to policy making by considering the effects of environmental policy changes on the social dynamics of workplaces, households, and communities in forestry towns of British Columbia’s temperate rainforest. Taking Stands provides a crucial understanding of community change in resource-dependent regions and helps us to better tackle the complexities of gender and activism as they relate to rural sustainability.

About the Author

Maureen G. Reed is Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Saskatchewan.