Gender and the Environment

In: Gender and Global Politics Ser

Abstract

Table of Contents -- Dedication -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1: Introduction: How Are Gender and the Environment Connected? -- Understanding environmental politics -- Gender-Environment connections -- Plan of the book -- Notes -- 2: Sustainability and Sustainable Development as Gendered Concepts -- The concept of sustainability -- The concept of sustainable development -- Gender and sustainability debates -- Gender and sustainable development debates -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 3: Revealing Gender in Environmental Justice -- Gender and environmental justice -- Gender, sustainability, and justice as guiding concepts -- Notes -- 4: Too Many People? Gender and Population Debates -- Global debates about population -- Connecting gender and population debates -- Case study: the impacts of natural disasters -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 5: Too Much Stuff? Gender and Debates about Consumption -- Why the focus on consumption? -- The gendered nature of consumption -- Case study: the environmental and social consequences of plastics -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 6: Too Little Security? Gender and the Securitization of the Environment -- Connections between security and the environment -- Gender, environment, and security -- Case study: food security -- Conclusions -- Notes -- 7: Conclusion: Gendered Sustainability and Justice in Climate Change Debates -- Gender and climate change -- Revealing gender in environmental debates -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- End User License Agreement