Gender and Natural Resource Management

Name: Gender and Natural Resource Management
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Gender and Natural Resource ManagementLivelihoods, Mobility and Interventions\nAuthor(s): Bernadette P. Resurreccion, Rebecca Elmhirst\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Earthscan Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781844075805, 978-1844075805\nSynopsis\nThis book is about the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy and practice that are often evident within the realm of gender, environment and natural resource management, especially where gender is understood as a political, negotiated and contested element of social relationships. It offers a critical feminist perspective on gender relations and natural resource management in the context of contemporary policy concerns: decentralized governance, the elimination of poverty and the 'mainstreaming' of gender. \n\nThrough a combination of strong conceptual argument and empirical material from a variety o.