Griffin Cohen Climate Change and Gender in Rich Countries

Work, public policy and action
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-315-40788-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 342 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Climate, Work and Society

Climate change is at the forefront of ideas about public policy, the economy and labour issues. However, the gendered dimensions of climate change and the public policy issues associated with it in wealthy nations are much less understood.

Climate Change and Gender in Rich Countries covers a wide range of issues dealing with work and working life. The book demonstrates the gendered distinctions in both experiences of climate change and the ways that public policy deals with it. The book draws on case studies from the UK, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Spain and the US to address key issues such as: how gendered distinctions affect the most vulnerable; paid and unpaid work; and activism on climate change. It is argued that including gender as part of the analysis will lead to more equitable and stronger societies as solutions to climate change advance.

This volume will be of great relevance to students, scholars, trade unionists and international organisations with an interest in climate change, gender, public policy and environmental studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Griffin Cohen, Marjorie

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Context and Overview

- Introduction: Why Gender Matters when Dealing with Climate Change Marjorie Griffin Cohen

- Masculinities of Global Climate Change: Exploring Ecomodern, Industrial and Ecological Masculinity Martin Hultman & Jonas Anshelm

- It’s Not Just the Numbers: Challenging Masculinist Working Practices in Climate Change Decision-Making in UK Government and Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations Susan Buckingham & Rakibe Kulcur

Part Two: Challenges for Paid and Unpaid Work

- Women and Low Energy Construction in Europe: A New Opportunity? Linda Clarke

- Renewable Inequity? Women’s Employment in Clean Energy in Industrialized, Emerging and Developing Economies Bipasha Baruah

- UK Environmental and Trade Union Groups’ Struggles to Integrate Gender Issues into Climate Change Analysis and Activism Carl Mandy

- Transporting Difference at Work: Taking Gendered Intersectionality Seriously in Climate Change Agendas Leonora Angeles

- The US Example of Integrating Gender and Climate Change in Training: Response to the 2008–09 Recession Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Part Three: Vulnerability, Insecurity and Work

- Gendered Outcomes in Post-Disaster Sites: Public Policy and Resource Distribution Margaret Alston

- Climate Change, Traditional Roles, and Work– Interactions in the Inuit Nunangat Mike Kim

- Towards Humane Jobs: Recognizing Gendered, Multispecies Intersections and Possibilities Kendra Coulter

Part Four: Rural and Resource Communities

- Maybe Tomorrow Will Be Better: Gender and Farm Work in a Changing Climate Amber Fletcher

- Understanding the Gender Labours of Adaptation to Climate Change in Forest-Based Communities Through Different Models of Analysis Maureen G. Reed

- The Complex Impacts of Intensive Resource Extraction on Women, Children and Aboriginal Peoples: Towards Contextually-Informed Approaches to Climate Change and Health Maya K Gislason, Chris Buse, Shayna Dolan, Margot W Parkes, Jemma Tosh, Bob Woollard

Part Five: Public Policy and Activism

- How a Gendered Understanding of Climate Change Can Help Shape Canadian Climate Policy Nathalie Chalifour

- The Integration of Gender in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in Québec: Silos and Possibilities Annie Rochette

- A Gendered Analysis of Housing Policies in the Context of Climate Change: A Comparison of Canada and Spain Penny Gurstein & Sara Ortiz Escalante

- Canadian Indigenous Female Leadership and Political Agency on Climate Change Patricia E. Perkins

- Using Information about Gender and Climate Change to Inform Green Economic Policies Marjorie Griffin Cohen

Über Autor(innen)

Marjorie Griffin Cohen is an economist and a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada.