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Beyond Mothering Earth
- Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care
Engelsk Hardback
Beyond Mothering Earth
- Ecological Citizenship and the Politics of Care
Engelsk Hardback

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Women’s environmental activism is often described in maternalist terms – as if motherhood and caring for the environment go hand in hand. While feminists celebrate this connection, women and all those who care for people and environments are facing increasing burdens and decreasing time for civic engagement.

In Beyond Mothering Earth, MacGregor argues that celebrations of “earthcare” as women’s unique contribution to the search for sustainability often neglect to consider the importance of politics and citizenship in women’s lives. Drawing on interviews with women who juggle private caring with civic engagement in quality-of-life concerns, she proposes an alternative: a project of feminist ecological citizenship that affirms the practice of citizenship as an intrinsically valuable activity while recognizing the foundational aspects of caring labour and natural processes that allow its specificity to flourish.

Beyond Mothering Earth provides an original and empirically grounded understanding of women’s involvement in quality-of-life activism and an analysis of citizenship that makes an important contribution to contemporary discussions of green politics, globalization, neoliberalism, and democratic justice. It will be of value to scholars and activists interested in the politics of environmental sustainability and the shifting meanings of citizenship in an increasingly vulnerable world.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
296
ISBN-13:
9780774812016
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
077481201X
Udg. Dato:
15 maj 2006
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
University of British Columbia Press
Oplagsdato:
15 maj 2006
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