Environmental citizenship, gender, and the emergence of a new conservation politics

Geoforum

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-19

  Fischer, Harry W ^a   Chhatre, Ashwini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizenship; Common pool resource management; Conservation politics; Environmental values; Feminist environmentalism; Feminist political ecology; Gender; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; ENVIRONMENTALISM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GENDER ISSUE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POLITICS; PROTECTED AREA; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

HIMACHAL PRADESH; INDIA;

EID: 84882692450     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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