Publisher's acknowledgements. - Authors's acknowledgements. - 1. Introduction: feminist perspectives. - 2. Environment and society. - 3. Work and the environment. - 4. Consumerism, lifestyles and behavioural changes. - 5. Politics and political strategies. - 6. Conclusions and outlook: towards a gender-sensitive socio-ecological research. - Glossary. - Select bibliography. - Index.

"Feminist Perspectives on Environment and Society aims to give a comprehensive overview of the concepts, theories and results of environmental sociology from a feminist perspective. Environmental sociology is a relatively new field of sociological research. The issues surrounding the relationship between the environment and society challenge the basic assumptions of sociological theory and they are more or less marginalised by the main stream of sociological research. The feminist perspectives on environment and society are even more marginalised. They have been dominated by ecofeminism but, in the discourse on sustainable development, different positions and debates are beginning to merge. The book portrays the feminist perspectives on environment and society and gives an overview of the feminist critique of environmental sociology. It starts with an overview of basic concepts of the nature-society relationships, goes further with special fields of environmental political strategies, and ends with the outline of an integrating approach : gender-sensitive socio-ecological research." - Back cover