Gender and green governance : the political economy of women's presence within and beyond community forest / Bina Agarwal.

By:

Agarwal, Bina

Material type: Text

TextOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: xxvi, 488 pages : maps ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780199457076 (pbk.)
0199457077 (pbk.)
9780199569687 (hbk.)
0199569681 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

333.75082 AGA 23 011823

Contents:

pt. I. The potential of presence. Presence and representation Gendered interests and the environment From absence to negotiated presence pt. II. The impact of presence. Fieldsites and field profile From exclusion to empowered engagement Rules and rulemakers Violations and penalties Conservation and regeneration Shortages amidst growing plenty pt. III. Beyond presence. Connecting with civil society : weaving a web of strategic alliances Engaging with government : extending the web. part I. The potential of presence part II. The impact of presence part III. Beyond presence.

Summary: Using primary data from India and Nepal, this volume is the first major study to comprehensively address the issue of gender and the role of women in relation to environmental collective action and green governance. It traces women's history of exclusion from public institutions and looks at how constraints can be overcome.

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Includes bibliography (p. [443]-470) and indexes.

pt. I. The potential of presence. Presence and representation
Gendered interests and the environment
From absence to negotiated presence
pt. II. The impact of presence. Fieldsites and field profile
From exclusion to empowered engagement
Rules and rulemakers
Violations and penalties
Conservation and regeneration
Shortages amidst growing plenty
pt. III. Beyond presence. Connecting with civil society : weaving a web of strategic alliances
Engaging with government : extending the web.
part I. The potential of presence
part II. The impact of presence
part III. Beyond presence.

Using primary data from India and Nepal, this volume is the first major study to comprehensively address the issue of gender and the role of women in relation to environmental collective action and green governance. It traces women's history of exclusion from public institutions and looks at how constraints can be overcome.

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