Title Women, the environment and sustainable development : towards a theoretical synthesis / Rosi Braidotti [and others].

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London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books in association with INSTRAW, 1994.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	305.42 W872WTE	Check Shelf

Description	xiii, 220 pages ; 23 cm
Contents	Foreword / INSTRAW -- Preface / Bella Abzug -- 1. Introduction: The Global Crisis of Environment and Development and the Emergence of the Women, Environment and Sustainable Development Theme : Preparation for the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development ; In search of theoretical connections: a proposal ; Western science: the motor of the crisis ; Transformations of development: different suggestions -- 2. Developmentalism: A Discourse of Power : The development decades: their impact on the South ; The theoretical assumptions of developmentalism ; Development in the 1990s -- 3. Feminist Critiques of Science : Feminist thought on science ; Historical analysis of feminist epistemology ; Theoretical analysis of feminist epistemology ; The new feminist epistemologies -- 4. The Relationship between Women and Nature: Debates within Feminism : Streams within feminism ; The first wave of feminism ; Nazi Germany ; The second wave ; Ecriture féminine ; Cultural feminism ; Differences among women ; Essentialism versus constructivism -- 5. Women, the Environment and Sustainable Development: Emergence of the Theme and Different Views. Women in Development (WID) in a historical perspective ; The shift from women in development to gender and development ; Women, Environment and Sustainable Development (WED) in historical perspective ; Women organize for the Earth Summit ; Ideas of Women, Environment and Sustainable Development ; Development agencies' conceptualization of WED ; WED and the UNCED process -- 6. Alternative Development : The alternative structuralist and the alternative normativist approach to alternative development ; Feminist critique of development by DAWN (Development with Women for a New Era) -- 7. Environmental Reforms and the Debates on Sustainable Development : UNCED and the NGO Global Forum in 1992 ; The sustainable development debate ; Concepts of economic growth and equity in the sustainable development debate ; Environmental reforms in economics ; Strategies towards sustainable development: some proposals -- 8. Responses to the Crisis from Deep Ecology, Social Ecology and Ecofeminism. Deep ecology ; Social ecology ; Ecofeminism: challenges and contradictions -- 9. Conclusions. Women and UNCED: successes and failures ; WED as a coalition theme: some proposals for future action ; The WED movement post-UNCED ; Proposals for policy changes on WED in development co-operation.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-213) and index.
Subject	Women in development.
	Women and the environment.
	Sustainable development.
	Human ecology.
	Conservation of natural resources.
	Feminist theory.
	Feminism.
	Ecologia.
	Medio ambiente.
	Conservation of natural resources. (OCoLC)fst00875502
	Feminist theory. (OCoLC)fst00922816
	Human ecology. (OCoLC)fst00962941
	Sustainable development. (OCoLC)fst01139731
	Women and the environment. (OCoLC)fst01177118
	Women in development. (OCoLC)fst01177865
	Vrouwen.
	Milieu.
	Duurzame ontwikkeling.
	Frauenbewegung.
	Naturwissenschaften.
	Ökologische Bewegung.
	WOMEN AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
	WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT.
	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
	ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
	Feminismus. (DE-588)4222126-2
	Frau. (DE-588)4018202-2
	Frauenbewegung. (DE-588)4071428-7
	Nachhaltigkeit. (DE-588)4326464-5
	Umweltschutz. (DE-588)4061644-7
	Umweltverträglichkeit. (DE-588)4061655-1
	Wirtschaftsentwicklung. (DE-588)4066438-7
Indexed Term	Environment
Added Author	Braidotti, Rosi.
	International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women.
Other Form:	Online version: Women, the environment and sustainable development. London ; Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Zed Books in association with INSTRAW, 1994 (OCoLC)623245942
ISBN	1856491838
	9781856491839
	1856491846 (pbk.)
	9781856491846 (pbk.)

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