ABSTRACT
Climate change is at the forefront of ideas about public policy, the economy and labour issues. However, the gendered dimensions of climate change and the public policy issues associated with it in wealthy nations are much less understood.
Climate Change and Gender in Rich Countries covers a wide range of issues dealing with work and working life. The book demonstrates the gendered distinctions in both experiences of climate change and the ways that public policy deals with it. The book draws on case studies from the UK, Sweden, Australia, Canada, Spain and the US to address key issues such as: how gendered distinctions affect the most vulnerable; paid and unpaid work; and activism on climate change. It is argued that including gender as part of the analysis will lead to more equitable and stronger societies as solutions to climate change advance.
This volume will be of great relevance to students, scholars, trade unionists and international organisations with an interest in climate change, gender, public policy and environmental studies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|51 pages
Context and overview
chapter 2|16 pages
Masculinities of Global Climate Change
chapter 3|17 pages
It’s Not Just The Numbers
part II|78 pages
Challenges for paid and unpaid work
chapter 5|17 pages
Renewable Inequity?
chapter 7|16 pages
Transporting Difference at Work
chapter 8|12 pages
The US example of Integrating Gender and Climate Change in Training
part III|52 pages
Vulnerability, insecurity and work
chapter 11|16 pages
Towards Humane Jobs
part IV|48 pages
Rural and resource communities
chapter 14|16 pages
The Complex Impacts of Intensive Resource Extraction on Women, Children and Aboriginal Peoples
part V|84 pages
Public policy and activism