Description
Book SynopsisGoes beyond the dichotomies of pro and anti environmentalism to tell the stories of the women who seek to maintain resource use in rural places.
Trade ReviewMaureen Reed has created a significant and sophisticated study that will establish a benchmark not only in how we understand and engage with community change and debate in resource-dependent regions, but also in how we conceptualize gender, women, and activism in those debates. -- Greg Halseth, Canada Research Chair in Rural and Small Town Studies, Geography, University of Northern British Columbia
An excellent handling of a complex and highly controversial topic ... It will make its mark on the world stage, inform feminist and environmental activism and theory, and help Canadians make sense of our poorly understood and badly maligned forestry sector. -- Karen Krug * Alternatives, 29:4, Fall 2003 *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Introduction: Seeing the Trees among Women in ForestryCommunities
2. Transition and Social Marginalization of Forestry Communities
3. Policy and Structural Change in Rural British Columbia
4. Women and Woods Work: The Gender of Forestry Jobs
5. Women’s Lives, Husbands’ Wives: "Managing"Forestry Communities
6. Communities Confront Outsiders
7. Fitting In: Making a Place for Gender in Environmental and LandUse Planning
8. Social Sustainability and the Renewal of Research Agendas
Epilogue
Appendix: Describing and Reflecting on Research Methods
Notes
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