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1) Ecofeminism
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Series
Language
English
Description
Should women see a relationship between patriarchal oppression and the destruction of Nature in the name of profit and progress? How can they counter the violence inherent in these processes? Should they look to a link between the women's movement and other social movements? The authors offer an analysis of such issues from a unique North-South perspective. They critique prevailing economic theories, conventional concepts of women's emancipation,...
Author
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This is a primer on the "Capabilities Approach," Nussbaum's innovative model for assessing human progress. She argues that much humanitarian policy today violates basic human values; instead, she offers a unique means of redirecting government and development policy toward helping each of us lead a full and creative life.
Author
Series
Routledge library editions. Development volume 30
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English