352 Pages
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Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1993. The question of ‘agency’ is essential to our understanding of environmental problems - who is responsible, and why? Threats such as ozone depletion, global warming and overconsumption are all precipitated by the powerful institutions which shape modern life – institutions which are overwhelmingly controlled by men and dominated by masculine presumptions.
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List of Illustrations and Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: What’s the Problem Here?; 1. Up in Arms Against the Environment: The Military 2. Business as Usual 3. On the Coattails of Men in Government 4. The Ecology Establishment 5. The Eco-Fringe: Deep Ecology and Ecofeminism 6. Hysterical Housewives, Treehuggers, and Other Mad Women; Conclusion; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Biography
Joni Seager, Professor of Global Studies at Bentley University in Boston, is a feminist geographer and global policy expert. The author of more than a dozen books, she is a frequent consultant to the UN and governments around the world on gender and environmental policy and gender statistics.
