Environment, Knowledge and Gender - Couverture rigide

Jewitt, Sarah

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1138739804 ISBN 13 : 9781138739802

Editeur : Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

This title was first published in 2002: Tracing global shifts in development thinking through to national-level policy making in India and its local-scale implications, Sarah Jewitt investigates the practical value of radical populist and eco-feminist alternatives to more mainstream forms of development. Using detailed empirical data on forests and agriculture from two adivasi (tribal) villages in India, she takes a micro-political ecology approach to examine inter- and intra-community (especially gender) variations in environmental knowledge, resource management strategies and development aspirations. Critiquing the adoption of romanticized eco-feminist discourse in policymaking, Jewitt studies the Jharkhand region of Bihar, India, to determine women's contribution to environmental degradation and how the implementation of environmentally-oriented development initiatives affects their daily lives. She also examines the populist concern about the displacement of traditional agro-ecological practices by modern techniques, and illustrates the need to understand local people's socio-cultural beliefs and aspirations as well as their technical knowledge when seeking to promote more appropriate development.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Sarah Jewitt, School of Geography, The University of Nottingham, UK

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1138739804
• ISBN 13: 9781138739802
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 382
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• Personne responsable: non disponible