Taking Stands: Gender and the Sustainability of Rural Communities - Softcover

Reed, Maureen G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0774810181 ISBN 13: 9780774810180

Publisher: UBC Press, 2004

Synopsis

Environmental activism in rural places frequently pits residents whose livelihood depends on resource extraction against those who seek to protect natural spaces and species. While many studies have focused on women who seek to protect the natural environment, few have explored the perspectives of women who seek to maintain resource use. This book goes beyond the dichotomies of "pro" and "anti" environmentalism to tell the stories of these women. Maureen Reed uses participatory action research to explain the experiences of women who seek to protect forestry as an industry, a livelihood, a community, and a culture. She links their experiences to policy making by considering the effects of environmental policy changes on the social dynamics of workplaces, households, and communities in forestry towns of British Columbia's temperate rainforest. The result is a critical commentary about the social dimensions of sustainability in rural communities. A powerful and challenging book, Taking Stands provides a crucial understanding of community change in resource-dependent regions, and helps us to better tackle the complexities of gender and activism as they relate to rural sustainability. Social and environmental geographers, feminist scholars, and those engaged in rural studies, environmental sustainability, and community planning will find it invaluable.

About this title

Book Description:

A powerful and challenging book, Taking Stands provides a crucial understanding of community change in resource-dependent regions, tackling the complexities of gender and activism.

About the Author:

Maureen G. Reed is Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Saskatchewan.

About this edition

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0774810181
• ISBN 13: 9780774810180
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296