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100 1 _aNhanenge, Jytte
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245 1 0 _aEcofeminism: towards integrating the concerns of women, poor people, and nature into development/
_cJytte Nhanenge.
260 _aLanham, Maryland :
_bUniversity Press of America, Inc.,
_c[2011]
300 _axxx, 529 pages ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 507-517) and index.
505 _a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Aspects of the Crises in the World; Introduction; The Crisis of War and Violence: Investments, Costs, and Results; The Price of War: Resources Spent on Military and War; The Losses of War: Effects of War on Women, Children, and Nature; The Trade of War: Global Arms Trade is the Biggest; The Futility of War: More and Better Weapons do not Secure Peace; Militarization and Social Inequality Increase Violence and Crime; Conclusion on the Crisis of War and Violence The Crisis of Poverty and Inequality: Lack of Effective SolutionsPoverty, Sickness, and Death: Effects on Women and Children; Development: The Failed Strategy to Alleviate Poverty; The Problem of North-South, Male-Female Inequality; Conclusion on the Crisis of Poverty and Inequality; The Crisis of Environmental Destruction: Main Threats, Main Victims; Climate Change; Acid Rain; Ultraviolet Radiation; Deforestation and Desertification; Extinction of Species; Water Scarcity; Dangerous Industries: Their Pollution and Waste; Development: Its Destructive Ecological Consequences Conclusion on the Crisis of Environmental DestructionThe Crisis of Human Rights Abuses: Main Issues, Main Victims; The Value of Money is a Priority Over the Value of People; Women's Rights are Human Rights, in Theory; Slavery and Human Trafficking; Conclusion on the Crisis of Human Rights Abuses; The Root Cause of the Crises: A Perceptual, Intellectual Crisis; Modernity: A Reductionist Perception of Reality; Alternatives: A Systemic Approach to the Crises; Chapter Conclusion; Chapter 2: Perspectives for Transforming the Crises; Introduction Cultural Transformation: From Western Crises to Eastern OpportunitiesI Ching: What it is and how it may Promote Cultural Transformation; I Ching, the Book of Changes; Description of the Yin and Yang Forces; The Yin and the Yang: Interdependent Parts of a Whole Person; Applying Harmonious Yin-Yang to Unbalanced Western Society; The Systems Theory and Smuts' Holism: Ecologic Ontologies; General Systems Theory, Smuts' Holism: Environmental Thinking; Compared to Western, Patriarchal Culture; Chapter Conclusion: A Synthesis; Introduction; Chapter 3: Ecofeminism: What it is and why it is Important What is Ecofeminism?Ecofeminist History; Ecofeminist Positions; Ecofeminism: A Theory-in-process; Ecofeminist Conceptual Framework and Philosophy; The Logic of Domination; The Logic of Value Dualism; Patriarchy; Environmental Ethics; Critiques of Mainstream Ethics; An Ecofeminist Environmental Ethics; An Ecofeminist Social Justice; Social Ecology; Deep Ecology; Radical Environmental Theories and their Cooperation; Ecofeminism and Post-modernism; Post-modernism; Ecofeminism: A Post-modem Perspective; Ecofeminism: A Perspective beyond Post-modernism; Ecofeminist Spiritualities Criticism of Ecofeminism and Response
650 0 _aWomen environmentalists.
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650 0 _aEcofeminism.
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650 0 _aHuman ecology.
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650 0 _aWomen in development.
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650 0 _aWomen
_xSocial conditions.
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650 0 _aWomen
_xEconomic conditions.
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650 0 _aSustainable development.
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650 0 _aEnvironmentalism.
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650 0 _aConservation of natural resources.
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650 0 _aEconomic development
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
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650 0 _aSocial planning
_xMoral and ethical aspects.
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650 0 _aWomen and the environment.
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650 0 7 _aFeminismus.
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650 0 7 _aHumanökologie.
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942 _cWB16
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