The Gendered New World Order: Militarism, Development, and the Environment

by Jennifer Turpin (Editor), Lois Ann Lorentzen (Editor)

Overview

Ecological security seems increasingly precarious and battles over land and models of economic development now lead to military conflicts. The Gendered New World Order addresses the compelling issue of how gender connects the global problems of militarism, underdevelopment, and environmental decay. Scholars from around the world make connections between seemingly disparate issues such as refugees, polluted waters, bombed vilages, massive dam projects, starving children, deforestation, nuclear arms buildup and the rights of women.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415915182
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/17/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jennifer Turpin is Associate Professor and Chair of the Women's Studies Department at the University of San Francisco. Her previous books include Rethinking Peace, Reinventing the Soviet Self and The Web of Violence. Lois Ann Lorentzen is Associate Professor of Social Ethics at the University of San Francisco. Her articles on environmnetal ethics and women and development emerge from extensive fieldwork in Cental America where she worked as a wilderness guide and refugee settlement worker.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Gendered New World Order, Lois Ann Lorentzen, Jennifer Turpin; Chapter 1 Women, Gender, Feminism, and the Environment, Lorraine Elliott; Chapter 2 To Act Without “ISMS”:, Lenore B. Goldman; Chapter 3 Gender, Class, and Race in Environmental Activism:, Claire McAdams; Chapter 4 The Indian Women’s Movement, Ecofeminism, and the Politics of Peace, Linda Rennie Forcey; Chapter 5 Land, Ecology, and Women:, Claire Van Zevern; Chapter 6 Sustainable Development and Women:, Julie Fisher; Chapter 7 Women, the State, and Development:, Hamideh Sedghi; Chapter 8 The Dilemmas of Modern Development:, Mary J. Osirim; Chapter 9 Gender and the Global HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Geeta Rao Gupta, Ellen Weiss, Daniel Whelan; Chapter 10 African Women’s Strategies to Advance Household Food Security, Ruth K. Oniang’o; Chapter 11 Women’s Health and Development, Kathleen M. Merchant; Chapter 12 War and Violence Against Women, Vesna Nikoli?-Ristanovi?; Chapter 13 Women’s Visions of Peace:, Betty Reardon;