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Contours of Feminist Political Ecology

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  • Sets out the contours of feminist political ecology
  • Covers topics that range from climate change and extractivism with a Foreword by Professor Lyla Mehta
  • Reflects on a collective learning process
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Part of the book series: Gender, Development and Social Change (GDSC)

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This open access book sets out the contours of feminist political ecology (FPE) as a major contribution to ongoing debates in the field. As Professor Lyla Mehta says in her Foreword, the book is "foregrounding multiple ways of knowing and being, thus enabling new conceptions of politics, justice and alternatives to dominant, capitalist development trajectories". In an innovative methodological twist, the edited book engages the reader in conversations that have emerged from the multi-sited and cross-generational dialogues of the Well-Being Ecology Gender cOmmunities (WEGO) network over the last four years. The conversations explore topics that range from climate change and extractivism, to body politics and health, degrowth, care and community well-being. The authors reflect on their collective learning process as they map out the new directions of FPE research and analysis. The chapters highlight WEGO transnational/transdisciplinary conversations with local communities, social movements and different academic spaces. The book foregrounds the ethics of doing feminist work inside and outside academe and brings to life the importance of doing reflexive research aware of situated historical and contemporary geographical contours of power.

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus, University Rotterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Wendy Harcourt

  • University CLAEH, Montevideo, Uruguay

    Ana Agostino

  • University of Brighton, Brighton, UK

    Rebecca Elmhirst

  • Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Marlene Gómez

  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Panagiota Kotsila

About the editors

Wendy Harcourt is Professor of Gender, Diversity and Sustainable Development at the International Institute of Social Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam in The Hague, The Netherlands and was Coordinator of the WEGO Innovative Training Network (2018-2022).

Ana Agostino is Lecturer at the Faculty of Culture at the University CLAEH, Uruguay, and at FLACSO.

Rebecca Elmhirst is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Brighton, UK.

Marlene Gómez is PhD candidate of the WEGO Innovative Training Network at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.

Panagiota Kotsila is ‘Juan de la Cierva’ Fellow at the Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA), at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, and Coordinator of the Political Ecology research line at the Barcelona lab for Urban Environmental Justice and Sustainability (BCNUEJ). 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contours of Feminist Political Ecology

  • Editors: Wendy Harcourt, Ana Agostino, Rebecca Elmhirst, Marlene Gómez, Panagiota Kotsila

  • Series Title: Gender, Development and Social Change

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20928-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-20927-7Published: 26 January 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-20930-7Published: 26 January 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-20928-4Published: 25 January 2023

  • Series ISSN: 2730-7328

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-7336

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 315

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Development Studies, Political History, Ecology

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