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This book turns critical feminist scrutiny on national climate
policies in India and examines what transition might really mean
for marginalized groups in the country. A vision of ‘just
transitions’ is increasingly being used by activists and groups
to ensure that pathways towards sustainable futures are equitable
and inclusive. Exploring this concept, this volume provides a
feminist study of what it would take to ensure just transitions in
India where gender, in relation to its intersecting dimensions of
power, is at the center of analysis. With case studies on climate
mitigation and adaptation from different parts of India, the book
brings together academics, practitioners and policy- has relevance
far beyond India’s borders, as India’s attempt to deal with its
diverse population makes it a key litmus test for countries seeking
to transition against a backdrop of inequality both in the global
North and South. This volume will be of great interest to students
and scholars of climate policy, gender studies, sustainable
development and development studies more broadly.
A major challenge in studies of environmental governance is dealing
with the diversity of the people involved at multiple levels -
villagers, development agents, policy-makers, private resource
users and others - and taking seriously their aspirations,
conflicts and collaborations. This book examines this challenge in
two very disparate parts of our world, exploring what
gender-equality, resource management and development mean in real
terms for its inhabitants as well as for our environmental futures.
Based on participatory research and in-depth fieldwork,
Arora-Jonsson studies struggles for local forest management, the
making of women's groups within them and how the women's groups
became a threat to mainstream institutions. Insights from India,
consistently ranked as one of the most gender-biased countries, are
compared with similar situations in the ostensibly gender-equal
Sweden. Arora-Jonsson also analyzes how dominant ideas about the
environment, development and gender equality shape the spaces in
which women and men take action through global discourses and
grassroots activism. Questioning the conventional belief that
development brings about greater gender equality and more efficient
environmental management, this volume scrutinizes how environmental
imaginations are key to crafting gender relations. It shows gender
to be at the heart of environmental negotiations while at the same
time making a case for environmental sensibilities as integral to
gender relations. At the confluence of development, environmental
and gender studies, the book contributes to a much-needed dialogue
between these fields, proposing new futures in environmental
management.
major challenge in studies of environmental governance is dealing
with the diversity of the people involved at multiple levels --
villagers, development agents, policy-makers, private resource
users and others -- and taking seriously their aspirations,
conflicts and collaborations. This book examines this challenge in
two very disparate parts of our world, exploring what
gender-equality, resource management and development mean in real
terms for its inhabitants as well as for our environmental futures.
Based on participatory research and in-depth fieldwork,
Arora-Jonsson studies struggles for local forest management, the
making of women's groups within them and how the women's groups
became a threat to mainstream institutions. Insights from India,
consistently ranked as one of the most gender-biased countries, are
compared with similar situations in the ostensibly gender-equal
Sweden. Arora-Jonsson also analyzes how dominant ideas about the
environment, development and gender equality shape the spaces in
which women and men take action through global discourses and
grassroots activism. Questioning the conventional belief that
development brings about greater gender equality and more efficient
environmental management, this volume scrutinizes how environmental
imaginations are key to crafting gender relations. It shows gender
to be at the heart of environmental negotiations while at the same
time making a case for environmental sensibilities as integral to
gender relations. At the confluence of development, environmental
and gender studies, the book contributes to a much-needed dialogue
between these fields, proposing new futures in environmental
management.
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