Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development: Towards a Theoretical Synthesis

Rosi Braidotti, Ewa Charkiewicz, Sabine Häusler, Saskia Wieringa

ISBN 10: 1856491838 / ISBN 13: 9781856491839

Published by Zed Books in association with INSTRAW, London, UK; Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1994

About this Item

This trade paperback is in good condition with minimal signs of wear. The cover shows slight edge wear but remains intact and clean. The binding is firm, and the pages are free from inscriptions or library markings, ensuring a pristine reading experience. There is no dust jacket, as typical for paperbacks. unknown (no dust jacket visible).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development: Towards a Theoretical Synthesis
• Publisher: Zed Books in association with INSTRAW, London, UK; Atlantic Highlands, NJ, USA; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856491838
• ISBN 13: 9781856491839
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

A study commissioned by the United Nations International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women, reporting on how women fit into the debates on the relationship between development and environmental protection in the third world. The issues addressed include the simultaneous rise of the global environmental crisis and the women's movement, power discourse, feminist critiques of science, women and nature, alternative development, and radical responses to the crisis. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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.