Gender and Climate Change

Impacts, Science, Policy
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-61205-767-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Does gender matter in global climate change? This timely and provocative book takes readers on a guided tour of basic climate science, then holds up a gender lens to find out what has been overlooked in popular discussion, research, and policy debates. We see that, around the world, more women than men die in climate-related natural disasters; the history of science and war are intimately interwoven masculine occupations and preoccupations; and conservative men and their interests drive the climate change denial machine. We also see that climate policymakers who embrace big science approaches and solutions to climate change are predominantly male with an ideology of perpetual economic growth, and an agenda that marginalizes the interests of women and developing economies. The book uses vivid case studies to highlight the sometimes surprising differential, gendered impacts of climate changes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagel, Joane

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Why Gender and Climate Change? 1. What is Global Climate Change? 2. Gender and Global Warming 3. Gender and Sea Level Rise 4. Gender and Climate Change Science 5. Gender and the Military-Science Complex 6. Gender and Climate Change Skepticism 7. Gender and Climate Change Policy Conclusion. Engendering Global Climate Change

Über Autor(innen)

Joane Nagel, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Kansas, is the author of Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality: Intimate Intersections, Forbidden Frontiers.