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Taking Stands: Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities - Tapa blanda

Reed, Maureen G.

 
9780774810180: Taking Stands: Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities
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ISBN 10: 0774810181 ISBN 13: 9780774810180
Editorial: University of British Columbia Press, 2004

Sinopsis

Environmental activism in rural places frequently pits residentswhose livelihood depends on resource extraction against those who seekto protect natural spaces and species. While many studies have focusedon women who seek to protect the natural environment, few have exploredthe perspectives of women who seek to maintain resource use.

This book goes beyond the dichotomies of "pro" and"anti" environmentalism to tell the stories of these women.Maureen Reed uses participatory action research to explain theexperiences of women who seek to protect forestry as an industry, alivelihood, a community, and a culture. She links their experiences topolicy making by considering the effects of environmental policychanges on the social dynamics of workplaces, households, andcommunities in forestry towns of British Columbia's temperaterainforest. The result is a critical commentary about the socialdimensions of sustainability in rural communities.

A powerful and challenging book, Taking Stands provides acrucial understanding of community change in resource-dependentregions, and helps us to better tackle the complexities of gender andactivism as they relate to rural sustainability. Social andenvironmental geographers, feminist scholars, and those engaged inrural studies, environmental sustainability, community planning, andpolicy making will find it invaluable.

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Acerca del autor

Maureen G. Reed is a professor in the Department ofGeography at the University of Saskatchewan.

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Editorial
University of British Columbia Press
Año de publicación
2004
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0774810181
ISBN 13 
9780774810180
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
296
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