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For all societies, the common denominator of gender is female subordination. For women of the Third World the effects of this position are worsened by economic crisis, the legacy of colonialism, as well as patriarchal attitudes and economic crises.Feminist critique has introduced the gender factor to development theory, arguing that the equal distribution of the benefits of economic development can only be achieved through a radical restructuring of the process of development. This important new book reviews both policy and practice in Latin America, Africa and Asia and raises thought-provokin

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Physical Development Planning in the Anglophone Caribbean: The Re-articulation of Formal State Power -- 3 'The Bad Old Days Look Better': Enlightened Colonial Land Management Practices and Land Reform in the British Windward Islands -- 4 Challenges to Promoting Agro-biodiversity in Caribbean Small Farming Systems: A Jamaican Case Study -- 5 Disaster Creation in the Caribbean and Planning, Policy and Participation Reconsidered

Metadata only record ; The author argues that Ecofeminism has a variety of positions including cultural, liberal, social and socialist stances. There have been a variety of critiques of the essentialist nature of ecofeminism. From these critiques, alternative approaches to feminist political ecology have developed. Furthermore the author explains that the use of natural resources can be gendered and the privatization of common resources impacts women's access. Women are more vulnerable to natural hazards, like water pollution, natural disaster and lack of fuel wood, due to cultural restrictions and social status.

AbstractThis paper looks at two very similar efforts by indigenous communities to develop a tourist attraction based on their own culture and to market it in two very different environments: California and Mexico. Both groups have been displaced from their traditional areas, are being advised by a woman consultant and are expecting women community members to provide cultural performances and crafts for sale to visitors. Unlike the NGOs involved, the communities see this tourism activity as a reclamation and reaffirmation of a culture that has been almost lost, rather than as an exercise in local economic development. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.