Feminist Perspectives on Environment and Society

Download or read book Feminist Perspectives on Environment and Society written by Beate Littig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For courses in Environmental studies, Environmental Sociology, Environmental geography and Development studies; Women's studies and Women's issues options on a wide variety of degree courses. Combining theory with practice, this concise, accessible text provides a comprehensive introduction to the concepts, theories and results of environmental sociology from a feminist perspective. Within an international context it portrays in full the different feminist perspectives on environment and society, which are marginalized in mainstream research, and shows how the feminist critique on environmental sociology contributes to a more general feminist critique of society. Part of the Feminist Perspectives Series providing stimulating introductions to key feminist topics and debates written by well-known, experienced teachers in each field.