Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development Towards a Theoretical Synthesis

Braidotti, Rosi & Charkiewicz, Ewa & Hausler, Sabine & Wieringa, Saskia

ISBN 10: 1856491846 / ISBN 13: 9781856491846

Published by Zed Books, London, 1994

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220 pages; 5 1/4 x 8 1/2" Light creasing to spine, otherwise in fine condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development Towards a Theoretical Synthesis
• Publisher: Zed Books, London
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856491846
• ISBN 13: 9781856491846
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

This volume presents and disentangles the various positions put forward on the environmental dimensions of the development process as they relate to women. The authors clarify the political and theoretical issues at stake and put forward their own ideas on the basic elements needed for a new paradigm. It aims to contribute to a theoretical framework for understanding woman's roles in environment and sustainable development.

About the Author

Rosi Braidotti is Professor of Women's Studies, University of Utrecht, and the author of Patterns of Dissonance (Polity Press, 1991). Saskia Wieringa is a lecturer on women and development at the Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, and is author of Women's Struggles and Strategies (Gower, 1988). Ewa Charkiewicz and Sabine Hausler are researchers at the Institute of Social Studies.