Practising feminist political ecologies : moving beyond the 'green economy' /: moving beyond the 'green economy'. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Moving beyond the 'green economy'
• Further Information: Note: Wendy Harcourt.
• Authors: Harcourt, Wendy, 1959-; Nelson, Ingrid L
• Contents: Front Cover -- About the Editors -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Are We 'Green' Yet? and the Violence of Asking Such a Question -- Encountering Shared Histories -- Where We Situate the Book -- Connecting Insights, Contentions and Conversations -- Staying with the Troubles -- Trouble 1: Challenging Neoliberal Logic and Narrow Analyses of Neoliberalism -- Trouble 2: Sustaining Livelihoods, Engaging Technologies and Queering Ecologies -- Trouble 3: Appropriation and Naming and Claiming FPE -- Trouble 4: Naturecultures, Response-able Encounters and Making Coalitions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Section One: Positioning Feminist Political Ecology -- 1: A Situated View of Feminist Political Ecology from My Networks, Roots and Territories -- Introduction -- Early Seeds of FPE -- Another Slice of Space and Time: Kenya 1983-93 -- FPE Emerging in Place -- The Paradox of FPE and My Place in It -- The Decolonial Turn -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 2: Contesting Green Growth, Connecting Care, Commons and Enough -- Introduction -- Feminist Political Ecology Meets Feminist Political Economics -- Green Growth and the Economization of Nature -- Inclusive Liberalism and Value Creation -- Inclusion and Neoliberal Empowerment -- Othering and Exclusion -- Great Transformation or Small Transitions -- A European Perspective -- Labour and the Logic of Care -- Commoning and Commons -- Sufficiency and the Culture of Enough -- Conclusions: Connecting Care, Commons and Enough -- Notes -- References -- 3: Life, Nature and Gender Otherwise: Feminist Reflections and Provocations from the Andes -- Openings -- Nature, Gender and the Modern/Colonial/Imperial Matrices of Power -- (En)genderings and Naturings -- Transcendental Shifts, Transformative Horizons and (En)gendering(s) of the Otherwise. Challenges and Contradictions -- Of Relationalities, Feminisms and Pluri-Interversalizations -- Moments, Movements and Openings That Help Conclude -- Notes -- References -- Section Two: Rethinking Feminist Political Ecology -- 4: Feminist Political Ecology and the (Un)making of 'Heroes': Encounters in Mozambique -- Introduction -- Reading and Teaching Post-Colonial Critiques of 'Great White Saviours' -- Responding to Persistent Desires for Heroes -- Research in Practice -- Heroic Anxieties -- Concluding Thoughts -- Notes -- References -- 5: Hegemonic Waters and Rethinking Natures Otherwise -- Introduction: Lived Ecologies and Enlivened Feminist Political Ecologies -- Neoliberalization of Nature, and Working Towards Counter-Hegemonies -- FPE as a Critical Intellectual-Political Site to Think Through 'Alternatives' -- Building Post-Colonial, Decolonial and Feminist-Ecological-Inspired Alternatives to Neoliberalized Environmental Governance -- Note -- References -- 6: Challenging the Romance with Resilience: Communities, Scale and Climate Change -- Introduction -- Scale -- Resilience: The New Holy Grail of Climate Change Adaptation -- Resilience in Nepal and Scotland -- 'It's How We Do Things': Community in Scotland -- The Experts Taught Us All We Know: Nepal -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Section Three: Living Feminist Political Ecology -- 7: A New Spelling of Sustainability: Engaging Feminist-Environmental Justice Theory and Practice -- Introduction: A Socio-Ecological Genealogy -- Environmental Justice: An Ecological Politics of Articulation -- Seres Puentes: Bridge-Building as Feminist Ecological Politics. Practising Naturecultures and Feminist Ecocosmopolitics in Environmental Studies -- A Course on Urban Ecology -- A Course on Sustainable Community Action -- Epilogue: Storms and Peace -- Notes -- References -- 8: The Slips and Slides of Trying to Live Feminist Political Ecology -- Ontological Politics -- From Where Do I Speak? -- Feminist Environmental Activism in Australia -- Global Environmental Activism at the UN -- Collusions and Delusions -- Labours of Love in Bolsena, Italy -- Place-Based Globalism -- Further Wanderings: Ecofeminism -- Will We Be Able to Love Them? -- Notes -- References -- 9: Knowledge About, Knowledge With: Dilemmas of Researching Lives, Nature and Genders Otherwise -- Introduction -- 'Ustedes Somos Nosotras': Our Commitments -- The Power of Words -- Research Practices to Transform Ecologically Violent Contexts -- On Bodies, Violence and Technologies -- Social Locations and Research -- Notes -- References -- 10: World-Wise Otherwise Stories for Our Endtimes: Converations on Queer Ecologies -- Introductions -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (326 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 333.701; Ecofeminism -- Political aspects; Political ecology; Feminist theory; Development studies; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General; Ecofeminism -- Political aspects; Feminist theory; Political ecology; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783600892; 1783600896; 9781783600878; 9781783600908; 9781783600915; 1783600918; 1783600888; 9781783600885
• Related ISBNs: 178360087X; 178360090X; 9781783600885; 1783600888
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.